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What is "lethargic" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does lethargic mean in English? Meaning of lethargic definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "lethargic" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "lethargic": deficient in alertness or activity

Adjective

  • Meaning: deficient in alertness or activity
  • Example: bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights
  • Synonyms: lethargic unenrgetic
  • Antonyms: energetic
  • Similar: dazed dreamy foggy groggy lackadaisical languid languorous listless logy stuporous
  • Also see: inactive
  • Adjective: sluggish, slow 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII: [That cat] hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep. Lethargic is the word that springs to the lips. If you cast an eye on him, you will see that he's asleep now.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII: [That cat] hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep. Lethargic is the word that springs to the lips. If you cast an eye on him, you will see that he's asleep now.indifferent, apathetic

    • Synonyms:

    languid, sleepy, lackadaisical, passive, listless, laid-back, dull, apathetic, blah, comatose, debilitated, dilatory, dopey, dormant, drowsy, enervated, heavy, idle, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, laggard, phlegmatic, slothful, slow, somnolent, spiritless, stolid, stupefied, supine, torpid, languorous, moony, nebbish, slumberous, draggy, having spring fever, out of it, sleepyhead, snoozy, stretchy, wimpy,

    Antonyms:

    alert, animated, energetic, lively, vivacious, active, caring, busy, vital,

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    lethargic in English: lethargic
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