slothful
4
7.2
- adjective
- /ˈslɔːθfəl/
:
perezoso
- We label evening types as being slothful or being lazy.
We label evening types as being slothful or being lazy.
- We label evening types as being slothful or being lazy.
Examples
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Many students are slothful, preferring to watch TV instead of studying for their exams.
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A slothful dog with no activity will add weight and soon become obese.
Blog text (29) -
Stuart thought of the word slothful, which Pastor Hardy said meant lazy.
Fiction book (1994) -
Your spouse joins the gym after years of being a slothful couch potato.
Blog text (10) -
Just as in every hard-working, disciplined man there exist vices, inside every slothful, lazy man exist virtues that can be cultivated.
Blog text (20) -
He felt slothful during the rainy weekend and chose to stay indoors all day.
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The slothful workers missed multiple deadlines because they were not putting in enough effort.
Synonyms
355
1.0
Not willing to work or make an effort
15
5.3
Being very tired and slow with little interest or energy
8
4.4
Not feeling interest or energy to do something
5
8.4
A person who is lazy and unwilling to work or try
5
8.6
Showing little energy or interest and doing things slowly and carelessly
2
8.0
Not wanting to work or try hard
1
9.1
Very lazy and not willing to do any work or help
Unwilling to work or help
Not willing to work or make effort
Not willing to do any work most of the time
Not willing to do a job or make an effort
Tending to be lazy and preferring to sit or rest instead of move
Antonyms
How Lazy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slothful comes from the old word sloth ('slowness' or 'laziness') plus the ending -ful ('full of'). Because sloth is related to slow, you can picture the slow-moving animal sloth to remember it, and slothful means 'lazy' or not willing to work.