sluggish
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/
:
lento
- I was feeling so sluggish after the November lockdown.
- become sluggish
Yeah, you're going to be plenty slow for our little sluggish PC here.
- Yeah, you're going to be plenty slow for our little sluggish PC here.
- So that like I love autumn, but that's when I feel the most sluggish in the evenings.
- He'd actually become fat and sluggish.
- So some people are quicker at doing that and some people, you know, they're just kind of sluggish.
- I mean, we, we saw some incredible hurdles that people hit trying to get into the fasted state that were because what I call their metabolic switch was sluggish.
- Without it, you may feel tired, weak, sluggish for no clear reason.
- But I'm just feeling a little wee bit sluggish after.
- And if they are sluggish and getting going, that is a problem.
- They're gaining weight from livers that are stagnant and sluggish.
Examples
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So that like I love autumn, but that's when I feel the most sluggish in the evenings.
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We're all a little sluggish today.
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And if they are sluggish and getting going, that is a problem.
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I just feel sluggish and I feel just just not right.
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Without it, you may feel tired, weak, sluggish for no clear reason.
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Eating lunch before I do a scene makes me sluggish.
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Are you tired of feeling sluggish?
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I called the supervisor to say I felt sluggish and needed the day off.
Fiction book (1995) -
I've really been feeling sluggish a lot lately.
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After a long morning, I felt sluggish and struggled to stay awake during the meeting.
Synonyms
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1.0
Moving or happening at a low speed
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4.8
Not moving or changing and showing little activity
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1.0
Moving slowly and in a relaxed way
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2.3
Moving at a low speed and not making quick progress
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5.3
Being very tired and slow with little interest or energy
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4.1
Feeling very tired and having no energy
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5.5
Not moving and without the energy or will to act
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2.3
Not moving and not showing much physical or mental energy
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8.2
To move slowly and have little energy or interest
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5.3
Moving or working slowly and without much energy
1
7.9
Moving slowly and wasting time
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7.8
Feeling slow and without energy
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6.8
Feeling slow and without energy after being tired or ill
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7.6
Slow and boring so you feel tired
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8.4
A person or thing that moves slowly and makes people wait
Moving or feeling slow and heavy because you are tired
Showing little energy and moving at a low speed
In a slow way that makes tasks finish late
Having very slow movement because of a medical problem
Antonyms
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sluggish comes from slug plus -ish, where slug is the slow, slimy animal, so the word paints the picture of moving like a slug. So, if you feel sluggish, you are 'slow' and have 'little energy'.