sluggishness
noun
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- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
Types & categories
Sense 2 noun
the pace of things that move relatively slowly
the sluggishness of the economy
Types & categories
- pace hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends
Types & categories
- inertia hypernym
Related & opposite
- torpid derivation
- phlegmatic derivation
- lethargic derivation
- lackadaisical derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | torpidity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hebetude |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluggish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sluggish |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pace |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | torpid |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | phlegmatic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lethargic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lackadaisical |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inertia |