English-Thai Dictionary

lethargy

N ความเฉื่อยชา  ความ เกียจคร้าน  lassitude sluggishness kwam-chue-cha

 

lethargy

N ความ เซื่องซึม  ความง่วง  ซึม  drowsiness kwam-sueng-suam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LETHARGY

n.[L. lethargia; Gr. oblivion and idle. ] 1. Preternatural sleepiness; morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked, and if awaked, remains stupid.
2. Dullness; inaction; inattention.
Europe lay them under a deep lethargy.

 

LETHARGY

v.t.To make lethargic or dull.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LETHARGY

Leth "ar *gy, n.; pl. -gies. Etym: [F. léthargie, L. letgargia, Gr. Lethe. ]

 

1. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.

 

2. A state of inaction or indifference. Europe lay then under a deep lethargy. Atterbury.

 

LETHARGY

LETHARGY Leth "ar *gy, v. t.

 

Defn: To lethargize. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lethargy

leth ar gy |ˈleTHərjē ˈlɛθərʤi | ▶noun a lack of energy and enthusiasm: periods of weakness and lethargy | [ in sing. ] : she might have sunk into a lethargy. • Medicine a pathological state of sleepiness or deep unresponsiveness and inactivity. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin lethargia, from Greek lēthargia, from lēthargos ‘forgetful, ’ from the base of lanthanesthai ‘forget. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

lethargy

lethargy |ˈlɛθədʒi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a lack of energy and enthusiasm: there was an air of lethargy about him. • Medicine a pathological state of sleepiness or deep unresponsiveness and inactivity. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin lethargia, from Greek lēthargia, from lēthargos ‘forgetful ’, from the base of lanthanesthai ‘forget ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

lethargy

lethargy noun the lethargy may be related to his latest medication: sluggishness, inertia, inactivity, inaction, slowness, torpor, torpidity, lifelessness, listlessness, languor, laziness, idleness, indolence, shiftlessness, sloth, apathy, passivity, weariness, tiredness, lassitude, fatigue, inanition; literary hebetude. ANTONYMS vigor, energy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

lethargy

lethargy noun with an effort, Miles shook off the lethargy that had been creeping over him since his wife's death: sluggishness, inertia, inactivity, inaction, slowness, torpor, torpidity, lifelessness, dullness, listlessness, languor, languidness, stagnation, laziness, idleness, indolence, shiftlessness, sloth, phlegm, apathy, passivity, ennui, weariness, tiredness, lassitude, fatigue, sleepiness, drowsiness, enervation, somnolence, narcosis; rare hebetude. ANTONYMS vigour, energy, animation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

lethargy

leth ar gy /léθə r dʒi /名詞 U 1 無気力 ; 倦怠 （けんたい ）感 ; 無関心 .2 昏睡 （こんすい ）(状態 ).