🐢 Slow to respond 😴 Lacking energy

laggy

1 6.8

Feeling slow and without energy after being tired or ill

adjective
/ˈlæɡi/

: cansado

After staying up late, I woke up feeling laggy and unmotivated.

Examples

After the long flight, I felt so laggy that I could hardly keep my eyes open.
It's exactly what you want to see when it comes to the the the height of the seedlings not laggy whatsoever.
Revue is certainly laggy and sluggish; that's why I wanted to try and get away from using it.

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You got to you have to go all out if you're going to do this because they're going to get laggy and they're going to get stringy.
She experienced a laggy feeling throughout the day after her illness.

Synonyms

tired

vslaggy

∞ 1.0

Needing rest or sleep because you have little energy

is more about feeling physically slow after travel or illness

sluggish

vslaggy

30 3.9

Moving or working slowly and with little energy

is similar but emphasizes recent tiredness or illness as cause

drowsy

vslaggy

22 2.7

Feeling sleepy and not fully awake, often because you are tired or bored

is about reduced speed and energy rather than sleepiness alone

groggy

vslaggy

21 5.6

Feeling weak, unsteady, and confused after being very tired, ill, or hit on the head

is clearer physical slowness without the added confusion or unsteadiness

lethargic

vslaggy

15 5.3

Being very tired and slow with little interest or energy

is more tied to temporary physical slowness after being tired

fatigued

vslaggy

13 4.1

Feeling very tired and having no energy

is milder, describing a slow, sluggish feeling rather than extreme exhaustion

dopey

vslaggy

Informal

3 4.0

Feeling sleepy, slow, and not very alert

is mainly about feeling slow and low energy after normal tiredness

overtired

vslaggy

2 3.4

Too sleepy to relax or fall asleep

is less extreme, meaning simply slow or low in energy

torpid

vslaggy

1 8.2

To move slowly and have little energy or interest

is more about a temporary slow feeling after tiredness or travel

sluggy

vslaggy

1 7.8

Feeling slow and without energy

is specifically slow and low energy after tiredness, travel, or illness

draggy

vslaggy

Informal

1 7.6

Slow and boring so you feel tired

describes a slow personal feeling rather than something that tires others

loggy

vslaggy

8.2

Moving or feeling slow and heavy because you are tired

is used more for slowness that follows travel or sickness

short on energy

vslaggy

3.5

Feeling tired and weak

focuses more on slowness that follows tiredness or travel

Antonyms

energetic

93 1.6

Full of energy and active

vital

30 3.8

Full of energy and enthusiasm

How Sluggish

exhausted

104 2.0

lethargic

15 5.3

laggy

1 6.8

sluggish

30 3.9

tired

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

laggy positive

Morphology

laggy = lag (transparent) = lag + y

The human state 'feeling laggy' is a direct, figurative extension of 'lag' (being slow), formed with the familiar '-y' adjective suffix.

Etymology

Laggy can also mean feeling slow or without energy, and it comes from lag, meaning 'to fall behind', as you see in the phrase jet lag. So if you feel laggy, you feel behind your normal speed or energy.