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- 1. slow-moving or inactive: "a sluggish stream" Similar Opposite
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Sluggish means moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less energy or power. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, such as economy, market, or performance, with examples and translations.
Sluggish means slow, lazy, or inactive. It can be used as an adjective to describe a person, an animal, or a situation, or as an adverb to describe the way someone or something moves or acts.
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.
Sluggish means lacking energy, slow-moving, or not functioning well. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, such as economy, circulation, or performance, and see synonyms and related words.
adj. 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.
Sluggish means moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less energy or power. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, such as economy, health, and sports, with examples and translations.
Sluggish means moving or proceeding slowly or sleepy. Find 138 similar and opposite words for sluggish, such as slow, lethargic, torpid, and rapid, speedy, swift.
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) Translations of sluggish. in Chinese (Traditional) 行動緩慢的, 遲緩的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 行动缓慢的, 迟缓的… See more. in Spanish.
Sluggish means lacking energy, alertness, or vigor; indisposed to exertion; slothful. Find synonyms, antonyms, word forms, origin, and sentence examples of sluggish from various dictionaries.
sluggish. volume_up. UK /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/ adjective 1. slow-moving or inactive a sluggish stream 2. lacking energy or alertness Alex woke late feeling tired and sluggish 3. slow to respond or make progress the car had been sluggish all morning. derivatives. sluggishly sluggishness. word origin.
