Naturally disinclined to be active or to exert oneself; sluggish, slothful, lazy.
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释义 | the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > sluggish or heavy (36) slowOE Naturally disinclined to be active or to exert oneself; sluggish, slothful, lazy. sluggy?c1225 Sluggish, indolent. dull1393 Slow in motion or action; not brisk; inert, sluggish, inactive; heavy, drowsy. slowfulc1400 Slow, sluggish; slothful, lazy. In early use also: not prompt to do something; reluctant to do something. In later use chiefly U.S. regional (chiefly… sluggedc1430 Sluggish. sluggingc1430 Slothful, sluggish. slugc1440 Slow, sluggish, inactive. sluggishc1450 Of persons: Indisposed to action or exertion; inclined to be slow or slothful; not easily moved to activity. lithera1500 Lazy, sluggish, spiritless; also absol. Now dialect. peakish1519 Slothful, spiritless; stupid, ignorant; (sometimes more generally) contemptible. lumpish1528 Stupidly dull, heavy, or lethargic in action, thought, or feeling; sluggishly inactive; slow-minded, unapprehensive. sopit1528 Rendered dull or sluggish; sunk in sleep, sorrow, etc. loiterous1566 Inclined to loiter; sluggish. slugring1566 Sluggish. drowsy1570 figurative. Heavy, dull, inactive; sluggish, lethargic. slow-bellied1576 Of a person: sluggish; indolent. Obsolete. snailish1581 Somewhat resembling (that of) the snail; slothful, slow, sluggish. blate1597 Of a fight, a market: Dull, slow. Obsolete. druggly1611 jacent1611 Lying; recumbent; figurative sluggish. clammy1622 figurative. Sluggish, lagging (like a clammy slug). loggish1642 Heavy, sluggish. ignave1657 Slow, sluggish. sliving1661 Slow-moving, dilatory; sneaking; stealing imperceptibly. druggle-headed1694 slow-coachish1844 suggestive of or resembling a slowcoach. loggy1847 Heavy; sluggish in movement. (Cf. logy, adj.) logy1859 Dull and heavy in motion or thought. Also in combinations as logy-looking. tardigradous1866 = tardigrade, adj. tardigrade1883 figurative. Slow in thought or action; sluggish, unprogressive. rare. Subcategories:— of conditions, etc. (3) — of things (3) |
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