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Synonyms for sluggish
ˈslʌg ɪʃslug·gish
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
sluggish
Idle in all uses rests upon its root meaning, as derived from the Anglo-Saxon idel, which signifies vain, empty, useless. Idle thus denotes not primarily the absence of action, but vain action — the absence of useful, effective action; the idle schoolboy may be very actively whittling his desk or tormenting his neighbors. Doing nothing whatever is the secondary meaning of idle. One may be temporarily idle of necessity; if he is habitually idle, it is his own fault. Lazy signifies indisposed to exertion, averse to labor; idleness is in fact; laziness is in disposition or inclination. A lazy person may chance to be employed in useful work, but he acts without energy or impetus. We speak figuratively of a lazy stream. The inert person seems like dead matter (characterized by inertia), powerless to move; the sluggish moves heavily and toilsomely; the most active person may sometimes find the bodily or mental powers sluggish. Slothful belongs in the moral realm, denoting a self-indulgent aversion to exertion. "The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth," Prov. xxvi, 15. Indolent is a milder term for the same quality; the slothful man hates action; the indolent man loves inaction. Compare VAIN.
Synonyms:
idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, slothful, trifling, unemployed, unoccupied, vacantAntonyms:
active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, working
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Princeton's WordNet
sluggish, sulkyadjective
moving slowly
"a sluggish stream"
Synonyms:
gloomful, huffish, sulky, dull, glooming, inert, soggy, gloomy, torpid, slowdull, slow, sluggishadjective
(of business) not active or brisk
"business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
Synonyms:
thudding, dim, wearisome, torpid, dense, muted, boring, dumb, leaden, tedious, slow, obtuse, deadening, soggy, sulky, tiresome, muffled, ho-hum, irksome, inert, dull, softenedinert, sluggish, soggy, torpidadjective
slow and apathetic
"she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
Synonyms:
miry, waterlogged, dull, torpid, doughy, sloughy, inert, squashy, swampy, sulky, slow, neutral, sloppy, marshy, quaggy, mucky, soggy, indifferent, hibernating(a), boggy, muddy, dormant
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2901 | slow | |
#4981 | weak | |
#5908 | neutral | |
#8356 | boring | |
#9013 | idle | |
#9125 | lazy | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9564 | dumb | |
#9770 | dense | |
#10506 | inactive | |
#10675 | vacant | |
#12212 | unemployed | |
#13293 | dull | |
#17781 | slack | |
#18321 | muddy | |
#20706 | tedious | |
#22327 | sloppy | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#26145 | dormant | |
#27289 | inert | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#29806 | sluggish | |
#32570 | softened | |
#32598 | muted | |
#36988 | stagnant | |
#43939 | unoccupied | |
#48971 | tiresome | |
#49055 | muffled | |
#50150 | soggy | |
#56643 | obtuse | |
#61983 | anemic | |
#67073 | supine | |
#68315 | lethargic | |
#68626 | swampy | |
#69037 | trifling | |
#77150 | sulky | |
#80300 | indolent | |
#86253 | marshy | |
#86369 | morose | |
#87608 | boggy | |
#91829 | leaden | |
#93638 | mucky | |
#95066 | waterlogged | |
#107606 | deadening | |
#109623 | irksome | |
#114767 | slothful | |
#129314 | wearisome | |
#188091 | torpid | |
#191801 | doughy | |
#207170 | thudding | |
#213663 | phlegmatic | |
#279591 | miry |
How to use sluggish in a sentence?
I was expecting everyone to be a little sluggish. We expended a lot of energy that last series, just mentally, being locked in every single pitch, from the get-go they were locked in and making (Kyle) Freeland work.
While carmakers are planning ‘revenge production’ in November and December, clouds still loom - semiconductor shortages will last until year-end at least, and no one knows if carmakers’ plans to avert the impact of chip shortages by adjusting their supply chains would succeed, dragged down by staple cars, sluggish export growth will last for the rest of 2021.
There’s a possibility China-bound exports and output will be sluggish if the United States gets worse, and that would spread to China, but if there will be any impact, it’ll be with a bit of a time lag.
Output will probably pick up from June onwards but it will be necessary to remain on guard for a second wave (of coronavirus infections), the pace of a rebound will likely continue to be sluggish.
Economic slowdown is quite a big concern, the central government always utilizes so-called economic performance to enhance their legitimacy. So how are they going to( explain) sluggish economic performance ? I don't know. But one thing is very sure, people will be suffering.
Translations for sluggish
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- trägeGerman
- lento, huevón, haragán, tarado, estúpido, inútil, apagado, inerte, calmo, calmado, perezoso, pendejo, desganado, aburridoSpanish
- hiljainen, heikko, laiska, hidasälyinen, veltto, verkkainen, jähmeä, hidasFinnish
- rétamé, naze, poussif, poussive, faiblard, faiblardeFrench
- ceanntromIrish
- lassúHungarian
- lentoItalian
- بێ تاقهتKurdish
- hōtoa, pūtumuMāori
- langzaamDutch
- opieszałyPolish
- инертный, заторможенный, ленивый, неповоротливый, медленныйRussian
- chậm chạpVietnamese
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