adjective
- relating to or characterized by hebetude; dull, sluggish, or lethargic in mind or body
Usage: formal or literary; rare in modern usage
Examples
- The hebetic state of the patient concerned the physician.
- After weeks of illness, he fell into a hebetic condition.
- Her hebetic response to the news suggested deep exhaustion.
- The hebetic atmosphere of the waiting room made everyone drowsy.