Synonyms for sluggish
ˈslʌg ɪʃslug·gish

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1. 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, vacant

   Antonyms:
   active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, working

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1. sluggish

   Synonyms:
   slow, inert, indolent, phlegmatic, slothful, iazy

   Antonyms:
   active, quick, nervous, laborious

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1. sluggish, sulkyadjective

   moving slowly

   "a sluggish stream"

   Synonyms:
   gloomful, huffish, sulky, dull, glooming, inert, soggy, gloomy, torpid, slow

   Antonyms:
   active, fast

2. dull, 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, softened

   Antonyms:
   active, fast

3. inert, 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

   Antonyms:
   active, fast

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1. sluggishadjective

   Synonyms:
   inert, inactive, indolent, idle, lazy, slothful, dronish, lumpish, supine, phlegmatic

2. sluggishadjective

   Synonyms:
   slow, not brisk

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1. sluggishadjective

   Synonyms:
   idle, lazy, slothful, inactive, slow, inert

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1. List of paraphrases for "sluggish":

   slow, stagnant, lethargic, anemic, weak, morose, non-performing, slack, supine

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How to use sluggish in a sentence?

1. Edmund Burke:

   In doing good, we are generally cold, and languid, and sluggish; and of all things afraid of being too much in the right. But the works of malice and injustice are quite in another style. They are finished with a bold, masterly hand; touched as they are with the spirit of those vehement passions that call forth all our energies, whenever we oppress and persecute.

2. Chief Executive Jeff Immelt:

   We're really planning the company for a sluggish oil and gas sector in '15.

3. Max Maizels:

   Most instances of bedwetting, whether they run in the family or not, have to do with heavy sleep and a sluggish coordination between bladder signals that say ‘take me to the bathroom’ and a deep level of sleep that prevents the signals from reaching awareness.

4. Dan Ivascyn:

   We're still positioned across our portfolios based on a world where we think growth is going to continue to be quite sluggish, i think the theme reflected in the U.S.-focused portfolios is this idea of U.S. decoupling – divergence in terms of growth patterns - from other countries.

5. Joerg Kraemer:

   It is about too-long court proceedings, sluggish investment approvals, poor transport infrastructure, corruption or an overextended influence of trade unions.