'Sluggishness' definitions:

Definition of 'sluggishness'

(from WordNet)
noun
A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) [syn: lethargy, lassitude, sluggishness]
noun
The pace of things that move relatively slowly; "the sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold"
noun
Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn: languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness]

Definition of 'Sluggishness'

From: GCIDE
  • Sluggish \Slug"gish\, a.
  • 1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert. [1913 Webster]
  • Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
  • And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. [R.] "So sluggish a conceit." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow; dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert. [1913 Webster] -- {Slug"gish*ly}, adv. -- {Slug"gish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sluggishness'

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Words containing 'Sluggishness'