Antonyms for sluggish

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sluhg-ish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈslʌg ɪʃ

Definition of sluggish

Origin : mid-15c., from Middle English slugge "lazy person" (see sluggard) + -ish. Earlier adjective was sluggi (early 13c.). Related: Sluggishly; sluggishness.

adj dull, slow-moving

Example sentences :

He wrestled with the big and sluggish stone, as if it had been a living enemy.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

And how, on the other hand, are we to strengthen it, to quicken its sluggish blood?
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

The cold air entering by the open window, whipped his sluggish blood.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

When the climate was warm they were active; when the climate was cold they were sluggish.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

A thousand feet below was the white lake, sluggish and dead.
Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl

Here it flowed a sluggish, turgid stream, so sullen, so heavy.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

There is something to inspire wonder in the most sluggish mind.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

Use and want are not its masters, sluggish contentment cannot numb its activity.
Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon

At noon the three palms of the next place of call, up a sluggish river.
Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad

He was not likely to forget; but you cannot dam up life like a sluggish stream.
Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for sluggish

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