Thesaurus / slothful
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He declined Gwynne's invitation to dinner, and drove off, looking slothful and amiable once more.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONThey have nothing in common with the slothful races of Lower India; they are alert and vigorous and active as cats.
ROUND THE WONDERFUL WORLDG. E. MITTONCarmagnoled and sabred, they lounged in slothful consultation and obscured the air with bad tobacco-smoke.
THE FALSE CHEVALIERWILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALLIts habits are not well known; but it is a burrowing animal, very slothful, and goes abroad at night.
THE DESERT WORLDARTHUR MANGINHe is willing very honestly to accept the motto, “not slothful in business” for himself and all in his employment.
THE HEARTH-STONESAMUEL OSGOODIf you would know a sluggard in the things of heaven, compare him with one that is slothful in the things of this world.
THE HEAVENLY FOOTMANJOHN BUNYANHe had been, in his time, the sport of the dull malignity and the boorish pranks of slothful masters.
A SPORTSMAN'S SKETCHESIVAN TURGENEVThe head of the family was a very quiet, worthy man; but slothful and inactive in his habits.
FIFTY YEARS IN CHAINSCHARLES BALLIt is because we are at once actor and spectator that we find no fault with blinking sight and slothful thought.
THE KEMPTON-WACE LETTERSJACK LONDONRemember also that thou hast been slothful and negligent too long!
A CHRISTIAN DIRECTORY (VOLUME 1 OF 4)RICHARD BAXTERWORDS RELATED TO SLOTHFUL
- abstracted
- apathetic
- daydreaming
- disinterested
- dreamy
- dull
- energyless
- enervated
- faineant
- fainéant
- halfhearted
- idle
- inattentive
- incurious
- indolent
- inert
- laid-back
- languid
- languishing
- languorous
- lazy
- lethargic
- limp
- listless
- moony
- passive
- romantic
- sentimental
- slothful
- spiritless
- spring fever
- unconcerned
- apathetic
- asleep on the job
- careless
- comatose
- dallying
- dilatory
- drowsy
- dull
- flagging
- idle
- inattentive
- indifferent
- indolent
- inert
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- languid
- languorous
- lethargic
- lifeless
- loafing
- neglectful
- out of it
- passive
- procrastinating
- remiss
- shiftless
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow
- slow-moving
- snoozy
- somnolent
- supine
- tardy
- tired
- torpid
- trifling
- unconcerned
- unenergetic
- unindustrious
- unpersevering
- unready
- weary
- apathetic
- asleep on the job
- careless
- comatose
- dallying
- dilatory
- drowsy
- dull
- flagging
- idle
- inattentive
- indifferent
- indolent
- inert
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- languid
- languorous
- lethargic
- lifeless
- loafing
- neglectful
- out of it
- passive
- procrastinating
- remiss
- shiftless
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow
- slow-moving
- snoozy
- somnolent
- supine
- tardy
- tired
- torpid
- trifling
- unconcerned
- unenergetic
- unindustrious
- unpersevering
- unready
- weary
- apathetic
- blah
- comatose
- debilitated
- dilatory
- dopey
- dormant
- draggy
- drowsy
- dull
- enervated
- having spring fever
- heavy
- idle
- impassive
- inactive
- indifferent
- inert
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- laid-back
- languid
- languorous
- listless
- moony
- nebbish
- out of it
- passive
- phlegmatic
- sleepy
- sleepyhead
- slothful
- slow
- slumberous
- snoozy
- somnolent
- spiritless
- stolid
- stretchy
- stupefied
- supine
- torpid
- wimpy
- abeyant
- asleep
- blah
- disengaged
- do-nothing
- dormant
- down
- draggy
- dull
- idle
- immobile
- in holding pattern
- indolent
- inoperative
- jobless
- latent
- lax
- lethargic
- limp
- low-key
- mothballed
- motionless
- on hold
- ossified
- out of action
- out of commission
- out of service
- out of work
- passive
- quiescent
- quiet
- sedentary
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow
- sluggish
- somnolent
- stable
- static
- still
- torpid
- unemployed
- unoccupied
- unused
- any old way
- any which way
- asleep at switch
- asleep on job
- behindhand
- culpable
- daydreaming
- defaultant
- delinquent
- derelict
- dilatory
- disregardful
- fainéant
- forgetful
- heedless
- inattentive
- indifferent
- indolent
- lackadaisical
- lax
- lazy
- neglectful
- negligent
- regardless
- slack
- slapdash
- slipshod
- sloppy
- slothful
- slow
- tardy
- uninterested
- unmindful
- woolgathering
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