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

1. adjective. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
2. adjective. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
3. adjective. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
4. adjective. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
5. adjective. slow and apathetic

   "she was fat and inert"

   "a sluggish worker"

   Synonyms: inert, soggy, torpid

6. adjective. (of business) not active or brisk

   "business is dull (or slow)"

   "a sluggish market"

   Synonyms: dull, slow

7. adjective. 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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