Usually means: Becoming slow or less active.
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  1. torpescent: Collins English Dictionary
  2. torpescent: Wordnik
  3. torpescent: Wiktionary
  4. torpescent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  5. torpescent: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ adjective:  Becoming torpid or numb.

Similar:
torpedinous, stupid, semitorpid, rigescent, torpid, languescent, turgescent, stuprous, stuporous, tabescent, more...

Opposite:
lively, active, energetic, dynamic, vibrant

Types:
torpid, lethargic, sluggish, dormant, dopey, slumbering, comatose, more...

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Similar:
torpedinous, stupid, semitorpid, rigescent, torpid, languescent, turgescent, stuprous, stuporous, tabescent, more...

Opposite:
lively, active, energetic, dynamic, vibrant

Types:
torpid, lethargic, sluggish, dormant, dopey, slumbering, comatose, more...



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