English-Thai Dictionary

sluggish

ADJ ขี้เกียจ  เฉื่อย  เงื่องหงอย  เอื่อย เฉื่อย  ซึมเซา  inert passive hurried ke-kiad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLUGGISH

a. 1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as a sluggish man.
2. Slow; having little motion; as a sluggish river or stream.
3. Inert; inactive; having no power to move itself. Matter is sluggish and inactive.

 

SLUGGISHLY

adv. Lazily; slothfully; drowsily; idly; slowly.

 

SLUGGISHNESS

n. 1. Natural or habitual indolence or laziness; sloth; dullness; applied to persons.
2. Inertness; want of power to move; applied to inanimate matter.
3. Slowness; as the sluggishness of a steam.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SLUGGISH

SLUGGISH Slug "gish, a.

 

1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

 

2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.

 

3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert. Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. Woodward. And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. Longfellow.

 

4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. [R.] "So sluggish a conceit. " Milton.

 

Syn. -- Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow; dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert. -- Slug "gish *ly, adv. -- Slug "gish *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sluggish

slug gish |ˈsləgiSH ˈsləɡɪʃ | ▶adjective slow-moving or inactive: a sluggish stream. • lacking energy or alertness: Alex woke late feeling tired and sluggish. • slow to respond or make progress: the car had been sluggish all morning. DERIVATIVES slug gish ly adverb, slug gish ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from the noun slug 1 or the verb slug (see sluggard ) + -ish 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

sluggish

slug |gish |ˈslʌgɪʃ | ▶adjective slow-moving or inactive: a sluggish stream. • lacking energy or alertness: Alex woke late feeling tired and sluggish. • slow to respond or make progress: the car had been sluggish all morning. DERIVATIVES sluggishly adverb, sluggishness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from the noun slug 1 or the verb slug (see sluggard ) + -ish 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sluggish

sluggish adjective 1 Alex felt tired and sluggish: lethargic, listless, lacking in energy, lifeless, inert, inactive, slow, torpid, languid, apathetic, weary, tired, fatigued, sleepy, drowsy, enervated; lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, sluggardly, logy; Medicine asthenic; informal dozy, dopey. ANTONYMS vigorous. 2 the economy is sluggish: inactive, quiet, slow, slack, flat, depressed, stagnant. ANTONYMS brisk.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sluggish

sluggish adjective 1 Alex woke late, feeling tired and sluggish: lethargic, listless, lacking in energy, unenergetic, lifeless, inert, inactive, slow, torpid, dull, languid, apathetic, passive, unresponsive, weary, tired, fatigued, sleepy, half asleep, drowsy, heavy-eyed, enervated, somnolent; lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, sluggardly; phlegmatic, bovine; Medicine asthenic, neurasthenic; informal dozy, dopey, yawny; N. Amer. informal logy; archaic lymphatic. ANTONYMS vigorous, energetic, active. 2 the sluggish global economy: inactive, quiet, slow, slow-moving, slack, flat, depressed, stagnant, static. ANTONYMS busy, brisk.

 

sluggishness

sluggishness noun 1 Rob put down his sluggishness to over-exuberant birthday celebrations: lethargy, inertia, listlessness, lack of energy, lifelessness, inactivity, inaction, slowness, languor, languidness, torpor, torpidity, dullness, heaviness, apathy, passivity, weariness, tiredness, lassitude, fatigue, sleepiness, drowsiness, enervation, somnolence, laziness, idleness, indolence, sloth, slothfulness; phlegm; Medicine asthenia, neurasthenia, anergia; informal doziness, dopeyness; rare hebetude. ANTONYMS vigour, energy, animation. 2 they are having difficulties exporting because of the sluggishness of other economies: lack of activity, quietness, slowness, slackness, flatness, stagnation. ANTONYMS briskness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sluggish

slug gish /slʌ́ɡɪʃ /形容詞 1 動きの鈍い, のろまな ; 怠惰な, 無精な .2 〈流れなどが 〉のろい, 緩慢な .3 〈機能が 〉鈍い, 不活発な .4 〈市況などが 〉不活発な, 不振の .～ly 副詞 不活発に ; のろのろと .～ness 名詞 U 無精, 不活発 .