sluggard
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- noun
- /ˈslʌɡərd/
- Offensive
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- Go to the ant, though sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Examples
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Many people consider him a sluggard because he never gets up early to help with chores.
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Don't let the ways of a sluggard sneak up on you.
Blog text (11) -
"Go to the ant, thou sluggard!"
Fiction book (1998) -
Even sluggards are forced to innovate under the pressure of the market.
Academic text (1991) -
Recite "Tis voice of the sluggard".
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Many people are emotional sluggards; they need awakening activities.
Academic text (1996) -
"Up with you, you lazy sluggards, the cuckoo's calling in the wood..."
Fiction book (1994) -
God said, "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat." --
Blog text (29) -
It is a Monday, and Monday is a working day and these idlers and sluggards should be at their toil.
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Despite the warnings from friends, he remained a sluggard, preferring to spend his days on the couch.
Synonyms
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7.0
A person who is lazy and does not want to work
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A person who avoids work and does very little
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7.6
A person who often avoids work and does very little
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7.0
A person who avoids work and does very little
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8.6
A person who avoids work and wastes time
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A person who stays in bed later than they should in the morning
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A person who avoids work and prefers to rest
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A person who avoids work and does very little
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5.8
A person who often rests and does very little
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9.9
A person who is lazy and slow to do things
A lazy person who avoids work, often a monk living in an abbey
Antonyms
How Lazy
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sluggard comes from the simple word slug, the slow, soft animal whose name suggests 'slow', plus the ending -ard, as in drunkard, that marks a person. So, a sluggard is someone who moves and acts like a 'slug' — slow and lazy.