Antonyms for sluggishness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sluhg-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈslʌg ɪʃ


Definition of sluggishness

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle English slugge "lazy person" (see sluggard) + -ish. Earlier adjective was sluggi (early 13c.). Related: Sluggishly; sluggishness.
  • noun apathy
  • noun inactivity
Example sentences :
  • So saying, he leaped from bed, for he hated his sluggishness now.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • The audacity of the rebels is stimulated by our sluggishness.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • But then I knew that sluggishness was his great characteristic.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It's nothing but mere idleness, sluggishness, want of thinking.
  • Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev
  • All the stiffness and sluggishness contracted at the week-end has vanished now.
  • Extract from : « Life in a Railway Factory » by Alfred Williams
  • But nothing could change the sluggishness of the Austrian march.
  • Extract from : « History of Modern Europe 1972-1878 » by C. A. Fyffe
  • Here, then, they have shaken off the sluggishness of winter.
  • Extract from : « The Children's Life of the Bee » by Maurice Maeterlinck
  • They would not enjoy the springtime, and Jupiter punished them for their sluggishness.
  • Extract from : « The Well of Saint Clare » by Anatole France
  • The shock of excitement thus prolonged was overcoming the sluggishness of her nerves.
  • Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
  • There is more or less of sluggishness observable in most of the preceding bows, but the Tourte is awake; it lives!
  • Extract from : « The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use » by Henry Saint-George

Synonyms for sluggishness

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