lethargy

lethargy
    n 1: a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
         [syn: {lethargy}, {lassitude}, {sluggishness}]
    2: weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy [syn:
       {inanition}, {lassitude}, {lethargy}, {slackness}]
    3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general
       appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn:
       {languor}, {lethargy}, {sluggishness}, {phlegm}, {flatness}]
    

Lethargy \Leth"ar*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. {-gies} (-j[i^]z). [F.
   l['e]thargie, L. lethargia, Gr. lhqargi`a, fr. lh`qargos
   forgetful, fr. lh`qh forgetfulness. See {Lethe}.]
   1. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which
      a person can scarcely be awaked.
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   2. A state of inaction or indifference.
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            Europe lay then under a deep lethargy. --Atterbury.
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Lethargy \Leth"ar*gy\, v. t.
   To lethargize. [Obs.] --Shak.
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176 Moby Thesaurus words for "lethargy":
      abstraction, abulia, acedia, alienation, aloofness, anxiety,
      anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, asininity, ataraxia,
      ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, blockishness, boobishness,
      boorishness, boredom, bovinity, catalepsy, catatonic stupor,
      cloddishness, coma, comatoseness, compulsion, crassness, crudeness,
      dejection, denseness, density, depression, detachment,
      dim-wittedness, dimness, disinterest, dispassion, disregard,
      dolce far niente, doltishness, doziness, drowsiness,
      dull-wittedness, dullardism, dullness, dumbness, duncery, elation,
      emotionalism, encephalitis lethargica, enervation, ennui, euphoria,
      exhaustion, fatigue, folie du doute, grossness, heartlessness,
      heaviness, hebetude, heedlessness, high, hopelessness,
      hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, idleness, impassivity,
      inactivity, inanimation, inanition, inappetence, indifference,
      indolence, inertia, inertness, insensibility, insouciance,
      jadedness, lack of appetite, lackadaisicalness, languidness,
      languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude, laziness,
      lenitude, lentor, lethargicalness, lifelessness, listlessness,
      loutishness, lumpishness, mania, melancholia, mental distress,
      narcohypnosis, narcolepsy, narcoma, narcosis, narcotic stupor,
      narcotization, ninnyism, nod, nonchalance, numbness, oafdom,
      oafishness, obsession, obtuseness, opacity, oscitancy, oscitation,
      pandiculation, passiveness, passivity, pathological indecisiveness,
      phlegm, phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, plucklessness,
      preoccupation, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, resignation,
      resignedness, satedness, sedation, shock, simpletonianism, sleep,
      sleepiness, sleeping sickness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness,
      sluggishness, slumber, somnolence, somnolency, sopor,
      soporifousness, sottishness, spiritlessness, spunklessness,
      stolidity, stretching, stupefaction, stupidity, stupor, supineness,
      swoon, thanatosis, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, tic,
      tiredness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, trance,
      twitching, unconcern, unmindfulness, unresponsiveness,
      unteachability, weakness, weariness, withdrawal, withdrawnness,
      world-weariness, wrongheadedness, yawning, yokelism