Synonyms of the word sluggishness


SLUGGISHNESSFLATNESS - INACTIVENESS - INACTIVITY - INERTIA - LANGUOR - LASSITUDE - LETHARGY - PACE - PHLEGM - RATE - TORPIDITY - TORPOR

sluggishness

  • n. The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
  • n. The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

flatness

  • n. The state of being flat.
  • n. The state of being two-dimensional; planar : planarity.
  • n. The state of being bland : dullness.
  • n. Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to…
  • n. (oenology) Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts.
  • n. (statistics) slim-tailedness or platykurticity.

inactiveness

  • n. The quality of being inactive.

inactivity

  • n. The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.

inertia

  • n. (physics, uncountable or countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion;…
  • n. (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.
  • n. (medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions…

languor

  • n. (uncountable) a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid…
  • n. (countable) listless indolence; dreaminess.
  • n. (uncountable) dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigor; stagnation.
  • n. (obsolete, countable) An enfeebling disease; suffering.

lassitude

  • n. Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue.
  • n. Listlessness or languor.

lethargy

  • n. (pathology) A condition characterized by extreme fatigue or drowsiness, or prolonged sleep patterns.
  • n. A state of extreme torpor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion or interest; loosely, sluggishness,…

pace

  • n. (obsolete) Passage, route.
  • n. Step.
  • n. Way of stepping.
  • n. Speed or velocity in general.
  • n. (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed…
  • n. A group of donkeys. The collective noun for donkeys.
  • adj. (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
  • v. Walk to and fro in a small space.
  • v. Set the speed in a race.
  • v. Measure by walking.
  • prep. (formal) With all due respect to.
  • n. Easter.

phlegm

  • n. (historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold…
  • n. Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing.
  • n. (historical, chemistry, alchemy) A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an…
  • n. Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference.

rate

  • n. (obsolete) The worth of something; value.
  • n. The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
  • n. Speed.
  • n. The relative speed of change or progress.
  • n. The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
  • n. A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
  • n. A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
  • n. Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
  • n. (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
  • n. (obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
  • n. (obsolete) Order; arrangement.
  • n. (obsolete) Ratification; approval.
  • n. (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
  • v. (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
  • v. (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
  • v. (transitive) To consider or regard.
  • v. (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
  • v. (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
  • v. (transitive, chiefly Britain) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
  • v. (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
  • v. (intransitive) To have value or standing.
  • v. (transitive) To ratify.
  • v. To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
  • v. (transitive) To berate, scold.

torpidity

  • n. The property of being torpid.

torpor

  • n. A state of being inactive or stuporous.
  • n. A state of apathy or lethargy.
  • n. (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.

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