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noun
The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: languor, lethargy, phlegm, flatness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
noun
the pace of things that move relatively slowly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pace, rate
noun
a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: lethargy, lassitude
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: torpor, torpidity
Narrower terms: hebetude
History
Etymology tree English sluggish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sluggishness From sluggish + -ness.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
