'Sloth' definitions:
Definition of 'sloth'
From: WordNet
noun
A disinclination to work or exert yourself [syn: sloth, slothfulness]
noun
Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits [syn: sloth, tree sloth]
noun
Definition of 'Sloth'
From: GCIDE
- Sloth \Sloth\, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w slow. See Slow.]
- 1. Slowness; tardiness. [1913 Webster]
- These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness. [1913 Webster]
- [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears. --Franklin. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The three-toed sloths belong to the genera Bradypus and Arctopithecus, of which several species have been described. They have three toes on each foot. The best-known species are collared sloth ({Bradypus tridactylus}), and the ai (Arctopitheus ai). The two-toed sloths, consisting the genus Cholopus, have two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot. The best-known is the unau (Cholopus didactylus) of South America. See Unau. Another species ({Cholopus Hoffmanni}) inhabits Central America. Various large extinct terrestrial edentates, such as Megatherium and Mylodon, are often called sloths. [1913 Webster]
- Australian sloth, or Native sloth (Zool.), the koala.
- Sloth animalcule (Zool.), a tardigrade.
- Sloth bear (Zool.), a black or brown long-haired bear (Melursus ursinus, or Melursus labiatus), native of India and Ceylon; -- called also aswail, {labiated bear}, and jungle bear. It is easily tamed and can be taught many tricks.
- Sloth monkey (Zool.), a loris. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sloth'
From: GCIDE
- Sloth \Sloth\, v. i. To be idle. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sloth'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accidia,
- acedia,
- aloofness,
- anger,
- apathy,
- army,
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- avarice,
- avaritia,
- benumbedness,
- blah,
- blahs,
- boredom,
- bunch,
- carelessness,
- casualness,
- cautiousness,
- cave of despair,
- cave of Trophonius,
- Chiroptera,
- circumspection,
- colony,
- comatoseness,
- creeping,
- deadly sin,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- despair,
- desperateness,
- desperation,
- despondency,
- detachment,
- dilatoriness,
- disconsolateness,
- disinterest,
- dispassion,
- disregard,
- disregardfulness,
- do-nothingness,
- drawl,
- drift,
- drive,
- drove,
- drowsiness,
- dullness,
- easygoingness,
- enervation,
- ennui,
- envy,
- ergophobia,
- faineancy,
- faineantise,
- fatigue,
- flock,
- foot-dragging,
- forlornness,
- gam,
- gang,
- gluttony,
- greed,
- gula,
- heartlessness,
- heaviness,
- hebetude,
- heedlessness,
- herd,
- hoboism,
- hopelessness,
- host,
- idleness,
- idling,
- inanimation,
- inappetence,
- inattention,
- inattentiveness,
- incuriosity,
- indifference,
- indiscrimination,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- inexcitability,
- inexertion,
- insouciance,
- invidia,
- ira,
- jadedness,
- just being,
- kennel,
- lack of affect,
- lack of appetite,
- lackadaisicalness,
- laggardness,
- Lagomorpha,
- languidness,
- languishment,
- languor,
- languorousness,
- lassitude,
- laze,
- laziness,
- lazing,
- leisureliness,
- lenitude,
- lentitude,
- lentor,
- lethargicalness,
- lethargy,
- lifelessness,
- listlessness,
- litter,
- loafing,
- lotus-eating,
- lust,
- luxuria,
- mere existence,
- mere tropism,
- mindlessness,
- negligence,
- no exit,
- no way,
- no way out,
- nonchalance,
- numbness,
- oscitancy,
- pack,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- phlegm,
- phlegmaticalness,
- phlegmaticness,
- plucklessness,
- pococurantism,
- pod,
- pokiness,
- pride,
- Primates,
- recklessness,
- regardlessness,
- reluctance,
- remissness,
- resignation,
- resignedness,
- Rodentia,
- satedness,
- school,
- shiftlessness,
- shoal,
- skulk,
- slackness,
- sleepiness,
- slothfulness,
- slouch,
- slowness,
- sluggardy,
- sluggishness,
- somnolence,
- sopor,
- soporifousness,
- spiritlessness,
- spring fever,
- spunklessness,
- stagnation,
- stupefaction,
- stupor,
- superbia,
- supineness,
- tentativeness,
- torpidity,
- torpidness,
- torpitude,
- torpor,
- trip,
- troop,
- unanxiousness,
- unconcern,
- unmindfulness,
- unsolicitousness,
- vagrancy,
- vegetation,
- weariness,
- withdrawnness,
- world-weariness,
- wrath