C1adjective · rare

lethargic

lethargic · more lethargic · most lethargic

прохолодний

вялый, апатичный

träge

Sluggish, slowSluggish, slow.

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UK/ləˈθɑː.d͡ʒɪk/US/ləˈθɑɹd͡ʒɪk/

» On hot days like this, I feel really lethargic.

Meaning

2 senses

Sluggish, slow.
Indifferent, apathetic.
träge
вя́лыйvjályj, апати́чныйapatíčnyj

More definitions

deficient in alertness or activity

Examples

13 sentences

On hot days like this, I feel really lethargic.
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I feel groggy and lethargic.
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I feel lethargic.
ruЯ чувствую себя сонным.
deIch fühle mich träge.
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The dog is lethargic and feverish.
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Mary becomes lethargic in the summer heat.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

sluggish, indifferent:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

sluggish, indifferent:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ληθαργικός (lēthargikós), from λήθαργος (lḗthargos, “

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ληθαργικός (lēthargikós), from λήθαργος (lḗthargos, “forgetful, lethargic”), from λήθη (lḗthē, “a forgetting, forgetfulness”) (from which Lethe (“river in Hades”)) + ἀργός (argós, “not working”). By surface analysis, lethargy + -ic.

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