sluggish Antonyms
Strongest:
- quick
- lightning
- hasty
- rushing
- brisk
- dizzy
- snappy
- running
- racing
- meteoric
- running
- hasty
- rapid
- fast
- brisk
- swift
- ready
- breathless
- racing
- speedy
- rapid
- fast
- quick
- dizzy
- ready
- whirlwind
- rushing
- swift
- speedy
- meteoric
- whirlwind
- fleet
- fleet
- breathless
- snappy
- lightning
Strong:
- flying
- bolting
- speeding
- prompt
- rushed
- scurrying
- breakneck
- scudding
- rocketing
- barreling
- whirling
- whirling
- hurrying
- prompt
- warp-speed
- hurried
- quickened
- breakneck
- speeding
- flying
- warp-speed
- scurrying
- barreling
- bolting
- expeditious
- scudding
- hurrying
- quickened
- rushed
- accelerated
- expeditious
- rocketing
- accelerated
- hurried
Weak:
Meaning of sluggish
sluggish (s)
moving slowly
(of business) not active or brisk
slow and apathetic
sluggish (a.)
Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
sluggish Sentence Examples
- The sluggish river meandered through the countryside with a lazy flow.
- After a heavy meal, I felt sluggish and lethargic.
- The car's sluggish acceleration made it difficult to overtake other vehicles.
- The economy has been sluggish in recent years, with slow growth and high unemployment.
- My performance at work has been sluggish lately, which has concerned my manager.
- The sluggish metabolism of certain animals allows them to survive on very little food.
- The sluggishly moving clouds cast a somber shadow over the city.
- The sluggish response time of the software made it frustrating to use.
- The air conditioner seemed sluggish, struggling to keep the room cool.
- The sluggishness of the traffic caused me to miss my appointment.
FAQs About the word sluggish
moving slowly, (of business) not active or brisk, slow and apatheticHabitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man., Slow; having little
lagging,slow, leisurely, laggard, tardy, dillydallying, creeping, slowing, dragging, dawdling
quick, lightning, hasty, rushing, brisk, dizzy, snappy, running, racing, meteoric
The sluggish river meandered through the countryside with a lazy flow.
After a heavy meal, I felt sluggish and lethargic.
The car's sluggish acceleration made it difficult to overtake other vehicles.
The economy has been sluggish in recent years, with slow growth and high unemployment.
