sloth
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4.6
- noun
- /sloʊθ/
:
pereza
- His constant sloth prevented him from finishing his projects on time.
People insert the judgement, which is you're lazy, you're a sloth, you're or whatever it is.
- People insert the judgement, which is you're lazy, you're a sloth, you're or whatever it is.
- And I love that you are like you like a sloth with too much freedom.
- So if you master your anger or you master your sloth, then what's the next tendency?
- But the other one that he talks about is sloth or laziness, perhaps in in French.
- You're not a glutton, you're not a sloth, you're not stupid, you're not self-destructive.
- You get to stop living in guilt thinking that you're a glutton or a sloth.
- These kids did not get obese by dieting and exercising, by gluttony and sloth.
- But if you can master that and say no to the things that tempt you into laziness or sloth or any of the seven deadly sins, I guess.
- These little muscle looks like a sloth is trying to hold you back right up.
- Slow is just right if you're on vacation or a sloth or describing QuickBooks.
- You know, you know, it's a little bit like the like don't do sloth, right?
- It is so hard for me to like, you've taught me the the skill of nothing of sloth.
Examples
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Distressingly little time for sloth or idleness.
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After a long week of work, she enjoyed a day of sloth, lounging on the couch and watching movies.
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The extreme of sloth when you never pull your way.
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Loving like being for me, you know, like just being a total sloth all day one day a week.
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Do you imagine that sloth will afford you more comfort than labor?
Fiction book (2001) -
Our friendship was mere sloth.
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But the other one that he talks about is sloth or laziness, perhaps in in French.
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When I think "vacation," I imagine idleness, sloth, recovery from the daily grind and rat race.
Blog text (12) -
The deadly sin of sloth (acedia) can be mapped with some accuracy to depression.
Blog text (7) -
People made compromises, nodded at spiritual commonplaces, and laughed off their lapses into sloth, envy, and the other deadly sins.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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1.4
A tendency to avoid work and use little energy
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4.5
A time when someone is not working or active
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8.1
A habit of not wanting to work or try hard
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5.0
Spending time doing nothing instead of working
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8.1
A habit of not wanting to work or make any effort
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9.9
A deep loss of interest and energy in spiritual or moral life
A habit of not wanting to work
A habit of not trying hard and avoiding work
A lack of desire to work or try hard
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
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9.6
A very large extinct mammal with long claws that lived on land in the Americas long ago
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6.0
A slow animal from Central and South America that lives in trees and has three long claws on each foot
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4.2
A slow-moving animal that lives in trees in Central and South America and hangs upside down to eat leaves
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5.5
A slow tree animal from Central and South America with two long claws on each front foot
How Lazy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sloth comes from an old English word that meant 'slow' or 'lazy', and it uses the same root as slow. So, sloth today means a lack of effort or an unwillingness to work.