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vegetative
adjective
1 vegetative
Composed of vegetation or plants:
— The decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor.
synonyms: vegetal, vegetational.
Roget 265:
quiescent,
still;
motionless,
moveless;
fixed;
stationary;
immotile;
at rest at a stand,
at a standstill,
at anchor;
stock,
still;
standing still
etc.
v.;
sedentary,
untraveled,
stay-at-home;
becalmed,
stagnant,
quiet;
unmoved,
undisturbed,
unruffled;
calm,
restful;
cataleptic;
immovable
etc.
(stable)
150;
sleeping
etc.
(inactive)
683;
silent
etc.
403;
still as a statue,
still as a post,
still as a mouse,
still as death;
vegetative,
vegetating.
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Roget 450a:
unendowed with reason,
void of reason;
thoughtless;
vegetative;
moronic [Sarc.],
idiotic [Sarc.],
brainless [Sarc.].
Roget 823:
insensible,
unconscious;
impassive,
impassible;
blind to,
deaf to,
dead to;
unsusceptible,
insusceptible;
unimpressionable†,
unimpressible†;
passionless,
spiritless,
heartless,
soulless;
unfeeling,
unmoral.
apathetic;
leuco-†,
phlegmatic;
dull,
frigid;
cold blooded,
cold hearted;
cold as charity;
flat,
maudlin,
obtuse,
inert,
supine,
sluggish,
torpid,
torpedinous†,
torporific†;
sleepy
etc.
(inactive)
683;
languid,
half-hearted,
tame;
numbed;
comatose;
anaesthetic
etc.
376;
stupefied,
chloroformed,
drugged,
stoned;
palsy-stricken.
indifferent,
lukewarm;
careless,
mindless,
regardless;
inattentive
etc.
458;
neglectful
etc.
460;
disregarding.
unconcerned,
nonchalant,
pococurante†,
insouciant,
sans souci [Fr.];
unambitious
etc.
866.
unaffected,
unruffled,
unimpressed,
uninspired,
unexcited,
unmoved,
unstirred,
untouched,
unshocked†,
unstruck†;
unblushing
etc.
(shameless)
885;
unanimated;
vegetative.
callous,
thick-skinned,
hard-nosed,
pachydermatous,
impervious;
hardened;
inured,
casehardened;
steeled against,
proof against;
imperturbable
etc.
(inexcitable)
826†;
unfelt.
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Polish: zielony
2 vegetative
Of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous:
— A dull vegetative lifestyle.
synonym: vegetive.
3 vegetative
Relating to involuntary bodily functions.
Polish: wegetatywny
4 vegetative
of reproduction Characterized by asexual processes.
synonym: vegetal.
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