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Definition: Sluggishness |
SluggishnessNoun1. A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness). 2. Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sluggishness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | The over-all -- of industrial markets on the European continent during most of 1967 was an important part of the export picture for many countries outside this area. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SluggishnessSynonyms: languor (n), lassitude (n), lethargy (n), phlegm (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inactivity | Dullness; Adjective: languor; segnity, segnitude; lentor; sluggishness; (slowness); procrastination; (delay); torpor, torpidity, torpescence; stupor; (insensibility); somnolence; drowsiness; Adjective: nodding; Verb: oscitation, oscitancy; pandiculation, hypnotism, lethargy; statuvolence heaviness, heavy eyelids. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sluggishness |
| English words defined with "sluggishness": Lentitude, Lentor ♦ Oscitancy ♦ phlegm ♦ Restiness ♦ Segnity, Sluggardy, sputum. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | When symptoms do appear in these age groups, the symptoms are those that are more general in nature, for example, tiredness, sluggishness, coughing and a general feeling of ill health. (references) | |
Economic History | Costa Rica | The real sluggishness in the economy comes from elsewhere in the export sector where published statistics are less revealing. (references) |
Costa Rica | Some of the statistical sluggishness in the foreign trade sectors reflects the operations of Intel, which at times accounts close to a third of total imports and exports but which earns for the country value added estimated at under twenty percent of the value of its exports. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sluggishness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sluggishness" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "sluggishness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فتور (coldness, coolness, frigidity, languishment, letdown, lethargy, tepidity, torpidity, torpor), كسل (drowse, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, sloth, slothful, sluggard), خمول (apathy, indolence), إرتخاء (laxity, limp, limpness, resolution), بلادة (dullness, lethargy, stupidity, torpidity, torpor), بطء (delay, lag, lateness, slowness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пипкавост (slowness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 粘滞. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | traeghed (inertia), inerti (inertia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | traagheid (indolence, inertia), inertie (inertia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hitaus (inertia, sloth, slowness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | apathie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Trägheit (idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertial, inertness, languidness, languishment, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, phlegm, shiftlessness, sloth, supineness, torpidity, torpor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βραδύτησ (lagging, lateness, slowness, tardiness), βραδύτητα (lateness, tardiness), νωθρότησ (sloth, slovenliness), νωθρότητα (indolence, listlessness, slackness, sloth, slovenliness), αδράνεια (dormancy, inaction, inactivity, inertia, inertness, remissness, stupor, vegetativeness), οκνόσ (dilatory, loitering, slothful, sluggardly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עצל ות (laziness, sloth), זחיל" (crawl, creeping, slowpoke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lomhaság (sloth, slothfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | indolenza (idleness, indolence, laziness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 부진. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | meydlid (slowness), lhiastid (diffidence, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indisposition, indolence, languidness, languor, lassitude, laziness, reluctance, sloth, slowness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uggishnessslay tembelism (sloth), inerţie (heaviness, inaction, inertia, intention), încetinealã (backwardness, deliberation, slowness, tardiness). (various references) застой (stagnancy, stagnation, standstill, stasis). (various references) sporost (go slow, tardiness), tromost (heaviness, indolence, laziness, listlessness, sloth, torpor), mlitavost (flabbiness, limpness, listlessness). (various references) pereza (laziness, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness), lentitud (deliberation, slowness), inactividad (dormancy, inactivity, quiescence, quiescency, reachless, slackness, slumber, stagnation), flojedad (feebleness, flabbiness, lameness, laxity, limpness, looseness, slackness, softness, weakness), flema (imperturbability, mucus, phlegm). (various references) uyuşukluk (deadness, dormancy, drowsiness, indolence, inertia, inertness, lethargy, numbness, sloth, somnolence, stupefaction, stupor, torpidity, torpidness, torpor), tembellik (dalliance, dilatoriness, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, laziness, slackness, sloth, stagnancy, stagnation, vacancy), cansızlık (inanimation, inertness, languor, lifelessness, spontaneous generation, stagnation, torpidity, torpidness, torpor, washiness, weakness). (various references) tính uể oải (slothfulness), tính lờ phờ, tính lờ đờ, tính chậm chạp (inertia, inertness, laggardness). (various references) marweidd-dra (deadness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pigritiis, pigrorum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sluggishness": sluggishnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sluggishness" (pronounced slu"gishnus) |
| 5 | -i sh n u s | bearishness, boorishness, skittishness, squeamishness, waterishness. |
| 4 | -sh n u s | brashness, bullishness, foolishness, freshness, harshness, selfishness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, brightness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-g-h-i-l-n-s-s-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: slushiness. | |
-3 letters: gushiness. | |
-4 letters: guessing, lushness, shingles, sighless, sluggish, slushing, sniggles, snuggies, snuggles, ugliness. | |
-5 letters: english, glueing, gunless, gunsels, gushing, gussies, higgles, hussies, leggins, lugeing, luggies, lushing, niggles, shingle, silenus, singles, sinless, sinuses, sleighs, slushes, sniggle, snuggle, sughing, sunless, sussing. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-g-h-i-l-n-s-s-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: sluggishnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6C 75 67 67 69 73 68 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .-.. ..- --. --. .. ... .... -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101100 01110101 01100111 01100111 01101001 01110011 01101000 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S l u g g i s h n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006C 0075 0067 0067 0069 0073 0068 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537887737375857480718585 |
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