Meaning & use
lethargy
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A state of sluggishness, low energy, and lack of interest or motivation.
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The heavy meal left her in a state of lethargy for the rest of the afternoon.
Long winters can bring on a kind of seasonal lethargy.
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Can describe physical tiredness or a broader mental/emotional dullness, and is sometimes used medically to describe abnormal drowsiness.
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fatiguesluggishness
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