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Synonyms for sloth

Grammar : Noun
Spell : slawth or especially for 2, slohth
Phonetic Transcription : slɔθ or especially for 2, sloʊθ

Top 10 synonyms for sloth
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Définition 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

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