Thesaurus / sluggish
FEEDBACKHow to use sluggish in a sentence
Reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, restoring habitat, and cleaning up polluted sites can be a sluggish process without immediate reward.
BIRD SONGS GOT SEXIER DURING THE COVID-19 SHUTDOWNULA CHROBAKSEPTEMBER 24, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEIf your internet is still sluggish, the issue may be more local.
FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO SUPERCHARGE YOUR WIFIANNE QUITOSEPTEMBER 20, 2020QUARTZJerry Brown fired Miller in the fall of 2011 as he sought to revive California’s sluggish economy.
OIL COMPANIES ARE PROFITING FROM ILLEGAL SPILLS. AND CALIFORNIA LETS THEM.BY JANET WILSON, THE DESERT SUN, AND LYLLA YOUNES, PROPUBLICASEPTEMBER 18, 2020PROPUBLICAIf you’re feeling a little more sluggish than usual after months upon months of working and socializing from home, you aren’t alone.
THE SAFEST WAYS TO EXERCISE DURING A PANDEMICSARA KILEY WATSONSEPTEMBER 9, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThat business was sluggish in the spring, Sibley said, though it has begun to come back over the past couple weeks.
‘A HEALTHY REBOUND’: PROGRAMMATIC RALLY CONTINUES FOR PUBLISHERSMAX WILLENSSEPTEMBER 3, 2020DIGIDAYUtility e-bikes generally fit into one of three different categories, based on their carrying capacity and how fast or sluggish they can feel to ride.
DO YOU WANT TO BUY AN E-CARGO BIKE? READ THIS FIRST.JOE LINDSEYAUGUST 30, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEIf he had set out to arouse emotion in these two sluggish breasts he had done so with a vengeance.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThey set their club-topsail to catch the upper airs, but the last hour was sluggish sailing.
THE RIVAL CAMPERS AFLOATRUEL PERLEY SMITHThe Poles were either (p. 002) dull and sluggish boors or haughty and elegant, pleasure-loving nobles.
THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTEWILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANEThe long inactive, sluggish ecclesiastics suddenly seemed to feel the vigor to resist and the power to lead.
THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTEWILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANEWORDS RELATED TO SLUGGISH
- absent
- abstracted
- apathetic
- blah
- bored
- careless
- dormant
- dreamy
- drowsy
- dull
- easygoing
- energyless
- enervated
- faint
- heavy
- heedless
- impassive
- inanimate
- inattentive
- indifferent
- indolent
- inert
- insouciant
- lackadaisical
- lagging
- laid-back
- languid
- languishing
- languorous
- leaden
- lethargic
- lifeless
- limp
- lukewarm
- lymphatic
- mopish
- neutral
- out of it
- passive
- phlegmatic
- slack
- sleepy
- slow
- sluggish
- stupid
- supine
- thoughtless
- torpid
- uninterested
- vacant
- apathetic
- blah
- blahs
- comatose
- dopey
- easy
- energyless
- enervated
- faint
- feeble
- flagging
- heavy
- impassive
- inactive
- indifferent
- inert
- infirm
- lackadaisical
- laid-back
- languishing
- languorous
- lazy
- leaden
- leisurely
- lethargic
- limp
- listless
- moony
- nebbish
- phlegmatic
- pining
- sickly
- sleepyhead
- slow
- sluggish
- snoozy
- spiritless
- supine
- torpid
- unconcerned
- unenthusiastic
- unhurried
- uninterested
- weak
- weary
- 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
- asleep on the job
- behindhand
- careless
- delinquent
- derelict
- dilatory
- disregardful
- dormant
- dull
- easygoing
- faineant
- fainéant
- idle
- inactive
- inattentive
- indolent
- inert
- lackadaisical
- lax
- lethargic
- neglectful
- not busy
- permissive
- quiescent
- quiet
- regardless
- remiss
- slothful
- slow
- slow-moving
- sluggish
- stagnant
- tardy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.