Synonyms for sluggish
ˈslʌg ɪʃslug·gish

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1. sluggish

   Idle in all uses rests upon its root meaning, as derived from the Anglo-Saxon idel, which signifies vain, empty, useless. Idle thus denotes not primarily the absence of action, but vain action — the absence of useful, effective action; the idle schoolboy may be very actively whittling his desk or tormenting his neighbors. Doing nothing whatever is the secondary meaning of idle. One may be temporarily idle of necessity; if he is habitually idle, it is his own fault. Lazy signifies indisposed to exertion, averse to labor; idleness is in fact; laziness is in disposition or inclination. A lazy person may chance to be employed in useful work, but he acts without energy or impetus. We speak figuratively of a lazy stream. The inert person seems like dead matter (characterized by inertia), powerless to move; the sluggish moves heavily and toilsomely; the most active person may sometimes find the bodily or mental powers sluggish. Slothful belongs in the moral realm, denoting a self-indulgent aversion to exertion. "The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth," Prov. xxvi, 15. Indolent is a milder term for the same quality; the slothful man hates action; the indolent man loves inaction. Compare VAIN.

   Synonyms:
   idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, slothful, trifling, unemployed, unoccupied, vacant

   Antonyms:
   active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, working

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1. sluggish

   Synonyms:
   slow, inert, indolent, phlegmatic, slothful, iazy

   Antonyms:
   active, quick, nervous, laborious

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1. sluggish, sulkyadjective

   moving slowly

   "a sluggish stream"

   Synonyms:
   gloomful, huffish, sulky, dull, glooming, inert, soggy, gloomy, torpid, slow

   Antonyms:
   active, fast

2. dull, slow, sluggishadjective

   (of business) not active or brisk

   "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"

   Synonyms:
   thudding, dim, wearisome, torpid, dense, muted, boring, dumb, leaden, tedious, slow, obtuse, deadening, soggy, sulky, tiresome, muffled, ho-hum, irksome, inert, dull, softened

   Antonyms:
   active, fast

3. inert, sluggish, soggy, torpidadjective

   slow and apathetic

   "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"

   Synonyms:
   miry, waterlogged, dull, torpid, doughy, sloughy, inert, squashy, swampy, sulky, slow, neutral, sloppy, marshy, quaggy, mucky, soggy, indifferent, hibernating(a), boggy, muddy, dormant

   Antonyms:
   active, fast

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1. sluggishadjective

   Synonyms:
   inert, inactive, indolent, idle, lazy, slothful, dronish, lumpish, supine, phlegmatic

2. sluggishadjective

   Synonyms:
   slow, not brisk

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1. sluggishadjective

   Synonyms:
   idle, lazy, slothful, inactive, slow, inert

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1. List of paraphrases for "sluggish":

   slow, stagnant, lethargic, anemic, weak, morose, non-performing, slack, supine

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1. Andreas Clenow:

   The U.S. markets look pretty healthy. We keeping making record highs in the U.S, but the European stock markets look much more sluggish.

2. Stephen Innes:

   Price action over the past 48 hours does illustrate just how quick traders are to revive fears about sluggish demand amid the thought of more abundant supplies.

3. Andreas Clenow:

   The U.S. markets look pretty healthy. We keep making record highs in the U.S. but the European stock markets look much more sluggish.

4. Premier Li Keqiang as saying:

   This is associated with changes in our resources, sluggish external demand and business environment, we should guide some of them to move from eastern coastal areas to the central, western and northeastern regions.

5. Kevin Gausman:

   I was expecting everyone to be a little sluggish. We expended a lot of energy that last series, just mentally, being locked in every single pitch, from the get-go they were locked in and making (Kyle) Freeland work.