sluggish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/

Adjective

sluggish (comparative sluggisher, superlative sluggishest)

1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive

   a sluggish man

   And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.

   • 1911: Ameen Rihani, The Book of Khalid, p.37

     He helps us to understand the insignificant points which mark the rapid undercurrents of the seemingly sluggish soul of Khalid.

2. Slow; having little motion
   • 1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, At Sunset Time

     We float upon a sluggish stream,

     We ride no rapids mad,

     While life is all a tempered dream

     And every joy half sad.

3. Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.

   • Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself.

4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
5. Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

   Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:lazy
• See also Thesaurus:slow

Antonyms

• (slow, having little motion) nimble

Translations

• Portuguese: vadio, vagabundo
• Russian: лени́вый
• Spanish: perezoso, haragán, huevón, desganado, aburrido, inútil

Translations

• French: poussif, faiblard (familiar)
• Portuguese: lento, moroso
• Russian: ме́дленный
• Spanish: lento, calmado, calmo

Translations

• French: rétamé (slang), naze (slang)
• Portuguese: inerte
• Russian: неповоротливый
• Spanish: desganado (persons), apagado (persons, things), inerte

Translations

• Portuguese: devagar
• Russian: заторможенный
• Spanish: lento, estúpido, tarado, pendejo

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