sluggishness

SEE DEFINITION OF sluggishness

nounapathy
nouninactivity

Synonyms for sluggishness

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Antonyms for sluggishness

idleness

noun. laziness, inaction

inactivity

noun. inaction

inertia

noun. disinclination to move; lifelessness

inertness

noun. inaction

inoperativeness

noun. inaction

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., from Middle English slugge "lazy person" (see sluggard) + -ish. Earlier adjective was sluggi (early 13c.). Related: Sluggishly; sluggishness.

Example Sentences forsluggishness

So saying, he leaped from bed, for he hated his sluggishness now.

The audacity of the rebels is stimulated by our sluggishness.

But then I knew that sluggishness was his great characteristic.

It's nothing but mere idleness, sluggishness, want of thinking.

All the stiffness and sluggishness contracted at the week-end has vanished now.

But nothing could change the sluggishness of the Austrian march.

Here, then, they have shaken off the sluggishness of winter.

They would not enjoy the springtime, and Jupiter punished them for their sluggishness.

The shock of excitement thus prolonged was overcoming the sluggishness of her nerves.

There is more or less of sluggishness observable in most of the preceding bows, but the Tourte is awake; it lives!

sluggishness

More words related to sluggishness

flatness

idleness

inactivity

inertia

inertness

inoperativeness