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, sluggish, 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, sluggish, 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, sluggish, 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. Jae Crowder:

   They had a big second quarter, things kind of changed at that point. After the half, we came back a little sluggish and then couldn't get it back until the fourth quarter, which was a little too late.

2. Takuya Takahashi:

   We didn't get much clues on future U.S. rate hikes from the jobs report, so investors are having hard times deciding their positions, japanese companies' earnings reports are not helping sentiment, either, so the market may stay sluggish for a while.

3. Ryosuke Katagi:

   While carmakers are planning ‘revenge production’ in November and December, clouds still loom - semiconductor shortages will last until year-end at least, and no one knows if carmakers’ plans to avert the impact of chip shortages by adjusting their supply chains would succeed, dragged down by staple cars, sluggish export growth will last for the rest of 2021.

4. Steven Barr:

   Since the economic recovery has been sluggish and episodic, retailers can come to this season with strategies to not go promotional, but it only takes one or two to begin going promotional (to disrupt their strategies).

5. 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.