sluggish
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
moving slowly
a sluggish stream
Related & opposite
- sluggishness derivation
- slow similar to
Sense 2 adjective
(of business) not active or brisk
business is dull (or slow)
Related & opposite
- sluggishness derivation
- business enterprise domain topic
- inactive similar to
Sense 3 adjective
slow and apathetic
she was fat and inert
Related & opposite
- languor derivation
- torpidness derivation
- inertness derivation
- torpidity derivation
- inactive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluggishness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | slow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluggishness |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | business enterprise |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inactive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | languor |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | torpidness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inertness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | torpidity |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | inactive |