lethargic
- adjective
- /lɛˈθɑrdʒɪk/
- After staying up all night studying, I felt lethargic and struggled to get out of bed.
- feeling lethargic
This is the most lethargic I've felt on the entire trail.
- This is the most lethargic I've felt on the entire trail.
- I had three Kopperbergs last night and I feel lethargic and tired today.
- And that's why life feels slow and boring and lethargic and stuck.
- So if your skills are higher than your challenge, you'll feel bored, lethargic, and maybe feel stuck.
- And on Thursday, he was, quote, lethargic.
- I don't feel like energetic, I feel lethargic.
- But I can feel so low and so tired and so lethargic and I can go to the gym and I'm a changed person.
- So we got home on Sunday, yesterday was Monday and I was extremely lethargic.
- It is chill, it is Zen, it is depressed, it's lethargic, It's all these things, right?
- I have decided to just feel completely lethargic.
- He was lethargic, really hard to get along with and having a hard time.
Examples
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This is the most lethargic I've felt on the entire trail.
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How many of you get to the afternoon and start to feel tired, lethargic, fatigued?
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We open on a group of lethargic kids.
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I'm feeling a little more lethargic than normal.
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I had three Kopperbergs last night and I feel lethargic and tired today.
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The owner says he's been lethargic and not acting himself.
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You start feeling lethargic, it's hard to concentrate, you get irritable with people.
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Joyce explains that, as well as failing to lose weight, she feels physically lethargic and low in mood.
Academic text (2014) -
Keith, man, you OK, you're super lethargic today, allergies?
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You know, he's coughing a lot, feeling lethargic, and he's goes to the doctor.
Synonyms
Needing rest or sleep because you have little energy
Feeling very tired and wanting to close your eyes
Moving or working slowly and with little energy
Feeling very tired and having no energy
Feeling sleepy and not fully awake, often because you are tired or bored
Feeling very tired and having no energy
Not having energy or interest to do things
Moving or acting slowly because you lack energy
Not feeling interest or energy to do something
Showing little energy or interest and doing things slowly and carelessly
Not moving and not showing much physical or mental energy
Feeling sleepy, slow, and not very alert
To move slowly and have little energy or interest
Being very tired and without energy
Feeling slow and without energy
Feeling slow and without energy after being tired or ill
Slow and boring so you feel tired
A person who is slow in thinking and low in energy
Feeling too tired to be active or interested
Feeling very tired and unable to do much
Feeling very tired after hard physical or mental effort
Feeling tired and weak
Feeling weak and tired as if you do not have energy
Being tired and looking droopy or sad
Showing boredom by yawning or being very sleepy
Less active than usual in the body or mind
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A brain disease that causes deep sleep, weak muscles, and trouble moving the eyes in the early 1900s
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
lethargic = lethargy (semi-transparent) = letharg + ic
The adjective is derived from 'lethargy' with a standard adjectival suffix, but the spelling change and relatively learned suffix make it slightly less immediately guessable for many learners.
Etymology
Lethargic comes from two Greek parts: lethe meaning 'forgetfulness' and argos meaning 'idle'. So, to be lethargic is to be so slow or tired that you almost 'forget' to move.