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(adj)
Slow to respond or react; lethargic.
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Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.
having slow or confused reactions, as if in a stupor; groggy
In a state of shock or confusion.
Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
As in a dream; resembling a dream.
Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
deficient in alertness or activity
Slow; having little motion.
Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
Not responsive; unreactive.
Obsolete form of lethargic. [Sluggish, slow.]
(archaic) lethargic
slow; sluggish
(obsolete) Made lethargic.
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
lazy, lethargic or apathetic
slow, sluggish
Boring; not exciting or interesting.
(figurative) Dull and slow in acting, thinking, etc.; without energy; cloddish, lethargic, slow-witted, sluggish.
(of any physical thing) Having great weight.
Slow in manner; taking more time than is necessary; lagging behind.
lazy; idle; tending to sloth.
(informal) Liquid and viscous; moving slowly when poured.
Flexible, supple; also, agile, lithe.
(n)
A lazy or slothful person.
(UK, dialect) sluggish; slow
Resembling or characteristic of a slug (gastropod mollusk).
Resembling or characteristic of a sloth, especially in being slow and sluggish.
Late; overdue or delayed.
Somewhat slack.
Like a sluggard.
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
A surname.
sleepy; drowsy; sluggish; careless
Displaying mental lethargy or dullness.
Characterised or marked by slumber; sleepy.
(computing, Internet, video games, informal) Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.
(anatomy) A vessel that transports lymph.
Typified by slowness; characteristically slow
(rare) slothful; lazy
(chiefly dialectal) Characterised or marked by limping; languid
(obsolete) Lazy, idle, slothful.
Muggy; stuffy; poorly ventilated.
Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
sleepy; drowsy
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
(rare) Becoming fatigued or languid.
(informal) Moving or developing very slowly; tending to drag on; dull.
Somewhat limp.
dull; stupid
Sleepy, drowsy.
Full of laxity; characterised by laxness; relaxed; (by extension) unmotivated, lazy.
Inclined to sleep; sleepy or sleeping; (by extension) quiet and slow-paced.
Drowsy or sleepy.
(zoology) A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.
The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.
(uncountable, Scotland) Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather.
(rare) Characterised by sloth; lazy.
Slow, boring, dull, or stupid.
Stupid; slow-witted; unintelligent.
Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
Archaic form of phlegmatic. [Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.]
Alternative form of slumberous. [Sleepy, drowsy.]
(informal) jet-lagged
Somewhat lazy.
In a coma: unconscious.
Physically weak.
heavy or ponderous; dull; lumpish
(archaic) Lazy, slothful.
An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
Alternative form of slow-witted. [Lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift.]
Heavy, massive, weighty.
Archaic form of slothful. [lazy; idle; tending to sloth.]
Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
Obsolete form of slumbery. [Inclined to sleep; sleepy or sleeping; (by extension) quiet and slow-paced.]
Lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift.
Characterised by legs; leggy
(obsolete) Moving slowly; slow-paced.
(informal) Characteristic of a slacker.
(simile, archaic) Exceptionally lazy.
(idiomatic) Slow-moving.
Like a lunk; stupid, foolish.
Without intelligence.
Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.
Synonym of lumbering.
(informal) Making a plopping sound.
Like a slacker; lazy, idle.
(of fuel) Having a low octane number.
Lacking of vigor or spirit.
(now dialectal) feeble; languid; inclined to faint
Like a drone; slow; sluggish.
merciful, forbearing
sluggish and obtuse of mind
(UK, US, chiefly of a woman) Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.