'Stagnant' definitions:
Definition of 'stagnant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water" [syn: dead(a), stagnant]
adjective
Not growing or changing; without force or vitality [syn: stagnant, moribund]
Definition of 'Stagnant'
From: GCIDE
- Stagnant \Stag"nant\ (-nant), a. [L. stagnans, -antis, p. pr. of stagnare. See Stagnate.]
- 1. That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not active or brisk; dull; as, business is stagnant. [1913 Webster]
- That gloomy slumber of the stagnant soul. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- For him a stagnant life was not worth living. --Palfrey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stagnant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyant,
- apathetic,
- benumbed,
- blase,
- bored,
- cataleptic,
- catatonic,
- contaminated,
- contemplative,
- dead,
- debilitated,
- dirty,
- do-nothing,
- dopey,
- dormant,
- droopy,
- drugged,
- dull,
- enervated,
- exanimate,
- filthy,
- flat,
- foul,
- groggy,
- heavy,
- hebetudinous,
- idle,
- immobile,
- in abeyance,
- in suspense,
- inactive,
- inanimate,
- inert,
- jaded,
- lackadaisical,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- languid,
- languorous,
- latent,
- leaden,
- lethargic,
- lifeless,
- listless,
- logy,
- lumpish,
- meditative,
- moribund,
- motionless,
- neuter,
- neutral,
- numb,
- paralytic,
- paralyzed,
- passive,
- phlegmatic,
- polluted,
- pooped,
- procrastinating,
- putrefied,
- putrescent,
- putrid,
- quiescent,
- quiet,
- quietist,
- quietistic,
- sated,
- sedentary,
- slack,
- sleeping,
- sleepy,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- slumbering,
- smoldering,
- somnolent,
- stagnating,
- stale,
- standing,
- standpat,
- static,
- stationary,
- still,
- stultified,
- supine,
- suspended,
- tame,
- torpid,
- unaroused,
- unmoving,
- vegetable,
- vegetative,
- wan,
- weary,
- world-weary