Synonyms for sluggishness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sluhg-ish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈslʌg ɪʃ

Définition 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

Antonyms for sluggishness

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