slothful
/ˈsləʊθfʊl
/ /ˈsləʊθf(ə)l/adjective
Lazy: fatigue made him slothful...
- Mexican food, pomegranate Margaritas at Rosa Mexicana, the lazy slothful pace of New York in summer.
- I'm feeling pretty slothful and despondent today, so I've took the lazy option of filling a bit of blogspace by copying down one of those questionnaires that I so detest.
- We have had a long time of liberty, and have enjoyed our ministers, and sermons, and ordinances, with freedom; and we grew dull, and slothful, and sleepy.
Synonyms
lazy, idle, indolent, work-shy, inactive, inert, sluggish, apathetic, lethargic, listless, languid, torpid, slow-moving, slow, heavy, dull, enervated, shiftless, lackadaisical
informal bone idle, do-nothing
French archaic fainéant
rare otiose
Derivatives
slothfully
- Holidays have made many ‘busy’ surfing channels, lying slothfully on the bed, with the remote control.
- ‘Saturday,’ she thought slothfully, ‘And nothing to do but sit and do nothing.’
- No need to tie your hair in style, just do it as slothfully as you've always done and hurry up.
slothfulness
- The opposition politician said he does not support laziness, slothfulness, or unnecessary bureaucracy, and where that is the case, something must be done about it.
- For a sloth like me, forced to spend time among people who have a powerful work ethic, my encounter with Jamaica was a huge relief, for on that island slothfulness is no sin or vice, it is a virtue, and a highly valued one at that.
- The history tells us that once political mobilisations take center stage, wanton crime, ill-discipline and slothfulness suddenly disappear.