SYN: Question, theme, subject, subject-matter, [See THEME and DISQUISITION].

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KEY: Torment.

SYN: Tease, worry, persecute, rack, plague, tantalize, pain, distress, afflict, torture, harass, importune.

ANT: Soothe, gratify, please, entertain, delight, amuse.

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KEY: Torpid.

SYN: Numb, lifeless, senseless, dull, sluggish, inactive, hibernating, insensible, inert.

ANT: Lively, animated, gay, brisk, nimble, active, restless, energetic, vivacious, sensitive, alive.

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