lethargic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

feverish, groggy, sleepy, tired

VERB + LETHARGIC

becomes, feel, looks, sleep, sounded, type

LETHARGIC + NOUN

diet, it's, summer, sunday, wanderers, word

PREP.

in, in

ADV.

maybe, really

Definitions

adj

1

Sluggish, slow.

[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.

She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squawkings than she was.

2

Indifferent, apathetic.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — deficient in alertness or activity

unenergetic

Antonyms

energetic

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

[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

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02

She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squa

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03

I feel lethargic.

Tatoeba · #325906

04

I feel lethargic when I diet, what should I do?

Tatoeba · #329354

05

The forum looks lethargic; maybe it's your diet.

Tatoeba · #2127770

06

Mary becomes lethargic in the summer heat.

Tatoeba · #3658123