Antonyms for sloth

Grammar : Noun

Spell : slawth or especially for 2, slohth

Phonetic Transcription : slɔθ or especially for 2, sloʊθ

Definition of sloth

Origin : late 12c., "indolence, sluggishness," formed from Middle English slou, slowe (see slow (adj.)) + abstract formative -th (2). Replaced Old English slæwð "sloth, indolence." Sense of "slowness, tardiness" is from mid-14c. As one of the deadly sins, it translates Latin accidia.
The slow-moving mammal first so called 1610s, a translation of Portuguese preguiça "slowness, slothfulness," from Latin pigritia "laziness" (cf. Spanish perezosa "slothful," also "the sloth").

noun laziness

Example sentences :

Moderation is the languor and sloth of the soul, Ambition its activity and heat.
Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

Mealy-bug is usually a sign of sloth on the part of the gardener.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

To her well-wishers it seemed as if the people had given itself to sloth and indulgence.
Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French

She's an old thing herself, and of course she hasn't the nerves of a sloth.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

Am I the cause that he hath sunk in sloth, and men scoff at his name and his strength?'
Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert

Our heroes shivered, and wondered if any sin in the calendar were equal to that of sloth!
Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed

For this he had kept his body clean and his soul clean where all about him was sloth and slackness.
Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb

There are five varieties of monkeys in the tropical forests, as well as a sloth.
Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock

The sloth, which has four feet, is unable to use them to support his body on the earth.
Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston

Seldom, unless perhaps by accident, is a sloth seen upon the ground.
Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various

Synonyms for sloth

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