TORPID Meaning of TORPID in English adj. 1 sluggish, inactive, dull, apathetic. 2 numb. 3 (of a hibernating animal) dormant. torpidity n. torpidly adv. torpidness n.[ L torpidus (as TORPOR) ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012