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.
sluggish Meaning
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.
Synonyms & Antonyms of sluggish
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- pokey
- snaillike
- lethargic
- dawdling
- slowing
- snail-paced
- crawling
- laggard
- poking
- dilatory
- dragging
- tardy
- creeping
- unhurried
- poky
- dillydallying
- dallying
- languid
Antonyms:
- bolting
- hurrying
- barreling
- prompt
- scudding
- rushed
- expeditious
- rushed
- hurrying
- rocketing
- breakneck
- whirling
- barreling
- scurrying
- flying
- prompt
- quickened
- speeding
- flying
- rocketing
- hurried
- breakneck
- warp-speed
- accelerated
- expeditious
- hurried
- warp-speed
- accelerated
- whirling
- quickened
- scurrying
- scudding
- bolting
- speeding
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
leisurely,slow, lagging,pokey, snaillike, lethargic, dawdling, slowing, snail-paced, crawling
snappy, racing,rapid, dizzy, fast, fleet, whirlwind, swift, fleet, ready
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.
