English-Thai Dictionary

stagnant

ADJ ซึมเซา (อารมณ์  เงื่อย หงอย  เฉื่อยชา  เซื่องซึม  inactive sluggish dull suam-sao

 

stagnant

ADJ นิ่ง  หยุดนิ่ง  ไม่ เคลื่อนไหว  dormant still unmoving ning

 

stagnant

ADJ ไม่ เจริญ  ซบเซา  mai-ja-roen

 

stagnantly

ADV อย่าง ซึมเซา  yang-suam-sao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STAGNANT

a.[L., to be without, a flowing motion. ] 1. Not flowing; not running in a current or stream; as a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins.
2. Motionless; still; not agitated; as water quiet and stagnant.
The gloomy slumber of the stagnant soul.
3. Not active; dull; not brisk; as, business is stagnant.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STAGNANT

Stag "nant, a. Etym: [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.

 

2. Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant. That gloomy slumber of the stagnant soul. Johnson. For him a stagnant life was not worth living. Palfrey.

 

STAGNANTLY

STAGNANTLY Stag "nant *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a stagnant manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

stagnant

stag nant |ˈstagnənt ˈstæɡnənt | ▶adjective (of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space ) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence: a stagnant ditch. • showing no activity; dull and sluggish: a stagnant economy. DERIVATIVES stag nan cy |-nənsē |noun, stag nant ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin stagnant- ‘forming a pool of standing water, ’ from the verb stagnare, from stagnum ‘pool. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

stagnant

stagnant |ˈstagnənt | ▶adjective (of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space ) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence: a stagnant ditch. • showing no activity; dull and sluggish: a stagnant economy. DERIVATIVES stagnancy noun, stagnantly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin stagnant- ‘forming a pool of standing water ’, from the verb stagnare, from stagnum ‘pool ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

stagnant

stagnant adjective 1 stagnant water: still, motionless, static, stationary, standing, dead, slack; foul, stale, putrid, smelly. ANTONYMS flowing, fresh. 2 a stagnant economy: inactive, sluggish, slow-moving, lethargic, static, flat, depressed, declining, moribund, dying, dead, dormant. ANTONYMS active, vibrant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

stagnant

stagnant adjective 1 stagnant water: still, motionless, immobile, inert, lifeless, dead, standing, slack, static, stationary; foul, stale, dirty, filthy, putrid, putrefied, brackish. ANTONYMS flowing, running; fresh. 2 a stagnant economy: inactive, sluggish, slow, slow-moving, lethargic, static, flat, depressed, quiet, dull, declining, moribund, dying, dead, dormant, stagnating. ANTONYMS active, vibrant.

 

French Dictionary

stagnant

stagnant , ante adj. adjectif 1 Qui ne s ’écoule pas. : Des eaux stagnantes. 2 économie Qui cesse de croître, ne fait pas de progrès. : Des chiffres d ’affaires stagnants. Prononciation Les lettres gn se prononcent distinctement stag ⁄nant, [stagnɑ̃, ɑ̃t ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

stagnant

stag nant /stǽɡnənt /形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈水 池 空気などが 〉流れの悪い , よどんだ ; (よどんで )悪臭を放つ ▸ stagnant air よどんだ空気 ▸ a pool of stagnant water よどんだ水たまり 2 ｟非難して ｠〈経済 社会 活動などが 〉停滞 [沈滞 ]した , 不活発な , 不振な ; 鈍い , さえない (dull )▸ a stagnant economy 沈滞した経済 st á g nan cy /-si /名詞 ～ly 副詞