Antonyms for stagnant


Grammar : Adj
Spell : stag-nuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstæg nənt


Definition of stagnant

Origin :
  • 1660s, from French stagnant (early 17c.), from Latin stagnantem (nominative stagnans), present participle of stagnare "to stagnate" (see stagnate).
  • adj motionless, dirty
Example sentences :
  • Action will never be stagnant while there are such things as gold and power.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Her conversion was an event that broke the lethargy of their stagnant life.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Without him life would be stagnant, energy and virtue purposeless.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • It was like opening a door out of a beautiful garden into a stagnant ditch.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • "It must have been the wind in the trees," he thought; but there could be no wind in the stagnant dampness of that air.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The second in a stagnant water at the bottom of a deep ditch.
  • Extract from : « Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air » by Joseph Priestley
  • In hollows, or places where the air is stagnant, it may still be toxic.
  • Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
  • The creek broadened, opening out into a wide sweep of a stagnant lagoon.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
  • She was to him like a running stream to a man who had long bathed in stagnant waters.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • It was a day of stagnant air, and the church swung with sleepy influences.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro

Synonyms for stagnant

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