"sluggish" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-sluggish.wav Forms: sluggisher [comparative], more sluggish [comparative], sluggishest [superlative], most sluggish [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌɡɪʃ Etymology: From slug + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|slug|ish}} slug + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} sluggish (comparative sluggisher or more sluggish, superlative sluggishest or most sluggish)
  1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive Synonyms: lazy Translations (habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive): νωθρός (nōthrós) (Ancient Greek), νωχελής (nōkhelḗs) (Ancient Greek), ленив (leniv) (Bulgarian), мързелив (mǎrzeliv) (Bulgarian), achwayi (Chamicuro), 懶惰 /懒惰 (lǎnduò) (Chinese Mandarin), hidas (Finnish), laiska (Finnish), veltto (Finnish), lerdo (Galician), náparo (Galician), harón (Galician), zamarrón (Galician), lerchán (Galician), faul (German), schwach (German), inaktiv (German), lustlos (German), schwerfällig (German), bräsig (German), νωθρός (nothrós) (Greek), άτονος (átonos) (Greek), ceanntrom (Irish), languidus (Latin), ignavus (Latin), ukauka (Maori), takurutu (Maori), تنبل (tembel) (Ottoman Turkish), هایلاز (haylaz) (Ottoman Turkish), تنبل (tambal) [singular] (Persian), rozlazły (Polish), ślamazarny (Polish), vadio (Portuguese), vagabundo (Portuguese), лени́вый (lenívyj) (Russian), медли́тельный (medlítelʹnyj) (Russian), вялый (vjalyj) (Russian), मन्दर (mandara) (Sanskrit), len (Slovene), perezoso (Spanish), haragán (Spanish), huevón (Spanish), desganado (Spanish), aburrido (Spanish), inútil (Spanish), uyuşuk (Turkish), miskin (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sluggish-en-adj-4MW1C7jG Disambiguation of 'habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive': 82 1 6 10 1
  2. Slow; having little motion. Synonyms: slow Translations (slow; having little motion): бавен (baven) (Bulgarian), муден (muden) (Bulgarian), 緩慢 /缓慢 (huǎnmàn) (Chinese Mandarin), langzaam (Dutch), hidas (Finnish), hiljainen (Finnish), heikko (Finnish), poussif (French), faiblard [familiar] (French), langsam (German), träge (German), pūtumu (Maori), hōtoa (Maori), pūroto (Maori), pūrotoroto (Maori), ukauka (Maori), takurutu (Maori), ślamazarny (Polish), lento (Portuguese), moroso (Portuguese), ме́дленный (médlennyj) (Russian), počasen (Slovene), lento (Spanish), calmado (Spanish), calmo (Spanish), aheste (Turkish), ağır (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sluggish-en-adj-C8hcdnhd Disambiguation of 'slow; having little motion': 2 85 6 1 6
  3. Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert. Translations (having no power to move oneself or itself; inert): بێ تاقەت (bê taqet) (Central Kurdish), jähmeä (Finnish), verkkainen (Finnish), rétamé [slang] (French), naze [slang] (French), schleppend (German), lahm (German), kraftlos (German), tūrūruhi (Maori), pōngenge (Maori), inerte (Portuguese), неповоротливый (nepovorotlivyj) (Russian), инертный (inertnyj) (Russian), šibek (Slovene), desganado (english: persons) (Spanish), apagado (english: persons, things) (Spanish), inerte (Spanish), durgun (Turkish), tutuk (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sluggish-en-adj-90DCjJgQ Disambiguation of 'having no power to move oneself or itself; inert': 7 5 87 1 1
  4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: stupid Translations (characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple): νωθρός (nōthrós) (Ancient Greek), hidas (Finnish), hidasälyinen (Finnish), verkkainen (Finnish), devagar (Portuguese), заторможенный (zatormožennyj) (Russian), lento (Spanish), estúpido (Spanish), tarado (Spanish), pendejo (Spanish), miskin (Turkish), tutuk (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sluggish-en-adj-z-kaX8Rf Disambiguation of Personality: 9 4 5 67 14 Disambiguation of 'characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple': 9 1 0 89 1
  5. Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow, or subnormal growth.
    Sense id: en-sluggish-en-adj-oorJlKto Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Chamicuro translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 6 12 9 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 9 11 17 11 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 11 12 12 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 6 9 11 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 6 6 6 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 13 12 17 14 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 10 10 21 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 2 3 4 4 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Chamicuro translations: 3 8 9 9 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 2 11 12 12 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 10 10 21 53 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 11 11 11 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 10 10 21 53 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 12 12 12 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 8 17 12 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 6 9 10 20 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 8 9 9 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 9 15 11 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 6 10 10 21 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 10 13 13 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 10 8 8 25 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 11 12 21 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 8 8 24 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 8 9 9 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 7 11 11 11 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 11 8 8 26 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 8 8 8 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 10 10 21 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sluggishly, sluggishness, sluggish schizophrenia, unsluggish

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1724, Pharmacopolæ Justificati: Or, Apothecaries Vindicated from the Imputation of Ignorance. […], London: […] J. Roberts, […], →OCLC, page 6:",
          "text": "[I]f he leaves the School poſſeſs'd of a ſluggiſh indolent Diſpoſition, and of Learning rather forc'd upon him than choſen, it is probable he will forget what he brought thence; but if he be active, emulous and aſpiring, he will certainly find Time for Reading and Thinking; for tho' it be a homely, it is a true Saying, that where there is a Will, there is a Way.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1874, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ovid in Exile:",
          "text": "And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910 January 12, Ameen Rihani, “On the Wharf of Enchantment”, in The Book of Khalid, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published October 1911, →OCLC, book the first (In the Exchange), page 34:",
          "text": "He helps us to understand the insignificant points which mark the rapid undercurrents of the seemingly sluggish soul of Khalid.",
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          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "leniv",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "ленив"
        },
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          "roman": "mǎrzeliv",
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          "word": "мързелив"
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          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "ccc",
          "lang": "Chamicuro",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "achwayi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǎnduò",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "懶惰 /懒惰"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "hidas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "laiska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "veltto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "lerdo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "náparo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "harón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "zamarrón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "lerchán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "faul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "schwach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "inaktiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "lustlos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "schwerfällig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "bräsig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "nothrós",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "νωθρός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "átonos",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "άτονος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "nōthrós",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "νωθρός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "nōkhelḗs",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "νωχελής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "ceanntrom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "languidus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "ignavus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "ukauka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "takurutu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "tembel",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "تنبل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "haylaz",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "هایلاز"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tambal",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "tags": [
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "تنبل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "rozlazły"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "ślamazarny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "vadio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "vagabundo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lenívyj",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "лени́вый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "medlítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "медли́тельный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vjalyj",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "вялый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "mandara",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "मन्दर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "len"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "perezoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "haragán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "huevón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "desganado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "aburrido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "inútil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "uyuşuk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 1 6 10 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
          "word": "miskin"
        }
      ]
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      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nimble"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1604 March 25 (first performance; Gregorian calendar; published 1604), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Part of the Kings Entertainment in Passing to His Coronation [The Coronation Triumph]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, page 850:",
          "text": "Vp thou tame River, wake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drownſ't thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggish waters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flow.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, At Sunset Time:",
          "text": "We float upon a sluggish stream,\nWe ride no rapids mad,\nWhile life is all a tempered dream\nAnd every joy half sad.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1970, Robert M. Solow, Growth Theory: An Exposition, Oxford University Press, page 3:",
          "text": "[T]he stock of capital is necessarily a sluggish time series, while output is capable of making wide swings in short intervals[.]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Slow; having little motion."
      ],
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "slow"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 85 6 1 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "baven",
          "sense": "slow; having little motion",
          "word": "бавен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 85 6 1 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "muden",
          "sense": "slow; having little motion",
          "word": "муден"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 85 6 1 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huǎnmàn",
          "sense": "slow; having little motion",
          "word": "緩慢 /缓慢"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 85 6 1 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "slow; having little motion",
          "word": "langzaam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 85 6 1 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "slow; having little motion",
          "word": "hidas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 85 6 1 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "slow; having little motion",
          "word": "hiljainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 85 6 1 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "slow; having little motion",
          "word": "heikko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 85 6 1 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "slow; having little motion",
          "word": "poussif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 85 6 1 6",
          "code": "fr",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1604 March 25 (first performance; Gregorian calendar; published 1604), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Part of the Kings Entertainment in Passing to His Coronation [The Coronation Triumph]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, page 850:",
          "text": "Vp thou tame River, wake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drownſ't thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggish waters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flow.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, At Sunset Time:",
          "text": "We float upon a sluggish stream,\nWe ride no rapids mad,\nWhile life is all a tempered dream\nAnd every joy half sad.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1970, Robert M. Solow, Growth Theory: An Exposition, Oxford University Press, page 3:",
          "text": "[T]he stock of capital is necessarily a sluggish time series, while output is capable of making wide swings in short intervals[.]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Slow; having little motion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Slow",
          "slow"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "slow"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies:",
          "text": "Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inert",
          "inert"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sluggard",
          "sluggard"
        ],
        [
          "stupid",
          "stupid"
        ],
        [
          "tame",
          "tame"
        ],
        [
          "simple",
          "simple"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stupid"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:",
          "text": "After an initial bounce back, the post-Covid Chinese economy has turned sluggish. Its property market - once a key driver of growth - is now mired in a credit crisis, exacerbating a domestic \"debt bomb\" that has ballooned from years of borrowing by local government and state-owned enterprises.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow, or subnormal growth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "economic",
          "economic"
        ],
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ],
        [
          "inactivity",
          "inactivity"
        ],
        [
          "slow",
          "slow"
        ],
        [
          "subnormal",
          "subnormal"
        ],
        [
          "growth",
          "growth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/"
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      "rhymes": "-ʌɡɪʃ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "leniv",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "ленив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎrzeliv",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "мързелив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ccc",
      "lang": "Chamicuro",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "achwayi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǎnduò",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "懶惰 /懒惰"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "hidas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "laiska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "veltto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "lerdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "náparo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "harón"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "zamarrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "lerchán"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "faul"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "schwach"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "inaktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "lustlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "schwerfällig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "bräsig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nothrós",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "νωθρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "átonos",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "άτονος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nōthrós",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "νωθρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nōkhelḗs",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "νωχελής"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "ceanntrom"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "languidus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "ignavus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "ukauka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "takurutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tembel",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "تنبل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "haylaz",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "هایلاز"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tambal",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "تنبل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "rozlazły"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "ślamazarny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "vadio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "vagabundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lenívyj",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "лени́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "medlítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "медли́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vjalyj",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "вялый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mandara",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "मन्दर"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "len"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "perezoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "haragán"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "huevón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "desganado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "aburrido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "inútil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "uyuşuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive",
      "word": "miskin"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "baven",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "бавен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "muden",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "муден"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǎnmàn",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "緩慢 /缓慢"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "langzaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "hidas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "hiljainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "heikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "poussif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "tags": [
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "faiblard"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "langsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "träge"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "pūtumu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "hōtoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "pūroto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "pūrotoroto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "ukauka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "takurutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "ślamazarny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "lento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "moroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "médlennyj",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "ме́дленный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "počasen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "lento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "calmado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "calmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "aheste"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "slow; having little motion",
      "word": "ağır"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "jähmeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "verkkainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "rétamé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "naze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "schleppend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "lahm"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "kraftlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bê taqet",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "بێ تاقەت"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "tūrūruhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "pōngenge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "inerte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepovorotlivyj",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "неповоротливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "inertnyj",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "инертный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "šibek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "persons",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "desganado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "persons, things",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "apagado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "inerte"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "durgun"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having no power to move oneself or itself; inert",
      "word": "tutuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "hidas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "hidasälyinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "verkkainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nōthrós",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "νωθρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "devagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatormožennyj",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "заторможенный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "lento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "estúpido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "tarado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "pendejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "miskin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple",
      "word": "tutuk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sluggish"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (05fdf6b and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.