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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