SLUGGISH

inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid

(adjective) slow and apathetic; “she was fat and inert”; “a sluggish worker”; “a mind grown torpid in old age”

dull, slow, sluggish

(adjective) (of business) not active or brisk; “business is dull (or slow)”; “a sluggish market”

sluggish, sulky

(adjective) moving slowly; “a sluggish stream”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sluggish (comparative sluggisher or more sluggish, superlative sluggishest or most sluggish)

Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive

Slow; having little motion

Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.

Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.

Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

Synonyms

• See also lazy

• See also slow

Antonyms

• (slow, having little motion): nimble

Source: Wiktionary


Slug"gish, a.

1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.

3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert. Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. Woodward. And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. Longfellow.

4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. [R.] "So sluggish a conceit." Milton.

Syn.

– Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow; dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert.

– Slug"gish*ly, adv.

– Slug"gish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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