Dictionary Entry

sluggish

sluggish is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
2adjective
Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
3adjective
Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
4adjective
Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
5adjective
slow and apathetic
"she was fat and inert"
"a sluggish worker"
Synonyms
inert soggy torpid
6adjective
(of business) not active or brisk
"business is dull (or slow)"
"a sluggish market"
Synonyms
dull slow
7adjective
moving slowly
"a sluggish stream"
Synonyms
sulky

Synonyms

inert soggy torpid dull slow sulky

Common word forms

sluggishly sluggishness

Words from these letters

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