stuporous

[stoo-per-uhs, styoo-] / ˈstu pər əs, ˈstyu- /

ADJECTIVE

dull

Synonyms

WEAK

accustomed apathetic benumbed blank boring callous colorless dead depressed empty even flat heavy impassible inactive indifferent inert insensible insensitive jejune languid lifeless listless lumpy monotonous numb passionless placid prosaic quiet regular routine slack slow sluggish spiritless stagnant still stolid torpid unexciting unresponsive unsympathetic usual vacuous wooden

ADJECTIVE

lethargic

Synonyms

WEAK

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

Example Sentences

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At least it might stir the stuporous crowd.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2018

Grazda’s pearly black-and-white finish preserves the raggedy, stuporous air of the time with great dignity and pays its occasional menace the proper respect.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2017

The few hundred pages that follow find you stuporous, and the facts slide gelatinously by.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2016

But something occurs to rouse Tommy from his stuporous routine.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2015

Exhaustion finally dragged him into a stuporous sleep.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

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