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adjective
- 1. slow-moving or inactive: "a sluggish stream" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of SLUGGISH is averse to activity or exertion : indolent; also : torpid. How to use sluggish in a sentence.
SLUGGISH definition: 1. moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less energy or power: 2. moving or…. Learn more.
SLUGGISH meaning: 1. moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less energy or power: 2. moving or…. Learn more.
adjective. indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition. Synonyms: slothful, slow. Antonyms: active, quick. not acting or working with full vigor, as bodily organs: a sluggish liver. slow to act or respond: a sluggish car engine.
When you are feeling draggy — positively slug-like — you are sluggish, or slow. If cookie sales are sluggish at your bake sale, you are selling very few treats. Just about anything can be sluggish.
You can describe something as sluggish if it moves, works, or reacts much slower than you would like or is normal. The economy remains sluggish. Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.
1. indisposed to action or exertion; lazy; indolent. 2. not functioning with full vigor, as bodily organs. 3. slow to act or respond: a sluggish engine. 4. slow or slow-moving, as a stream. 5. slack, as sales. slug′gish•ly, adv. slug′gish•ness, n.
Definition of sluggish adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
moving or working more slowly than usual: a sluggish economy. I felt really sluggish after lunch. (Definition of sluggish from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Sluggish Definition. Lacking energy, alertness, or vigor; indisposed to exertion; slothful. Not active; slow or slow-moving; dull. Not functioning with normal vigor. Slow to perform or respond to stimulation. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man. And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.
