Sloth synonyms

slôth, slŏth, slōth

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acedia
Spiritual sloth or apathy
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lazy
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indolence
Habitual laziness or sloth.
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apathy
Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.
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inertia
The ground is the force, the motion, that causes the object to no longer have inertia and to instead stray from its speed and direction.
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languor
The definition of languor is a lack of energy, interest or movement.
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lassitude
A state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness.
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lethargy
(Pathology) A condition characterized by extreme fatigue or drowsiness, or prolonged sleep patterns. [from 14th c.]
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laziness (related)
The quality of being lazy
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inaction
Lack or absence of action.
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shiftlessness
The property of being shiftless.
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animal
In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
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torpidity
The property of being torpid.
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sluggardness
The quality or state of being lazy
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industrious (related)
The quality or state of being lazy
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listlessness
The definition of listlessness is a lack of spirit, interest and energy.
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slothfulness
(Uncountable) The state or quality of being slothful.
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slowness
(Physics) A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
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sluggishness
The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
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tardiness
(Uncountable) The state or quality of being tardy.
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torpor
Torpor is the state of being inactive or having apathy.
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adynamia
(Med.) Lack of vital force as a result of illness; debility
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otiosity
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unau
Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus, a two-toed sloth native to South America.
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tree sloth
any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
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two-toed (related)
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baboon (related)
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mountain lion (related)
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hyena (related)
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  • The sloth (Bradypus) is an arboreal animal which feeds almost exclusively on the foliage of the Cecropias.

  • Lord, he thought, listening to Fred was like watching a sloth race.

  • The population made a considerable advance, and the dense cloud of sloth and ignorance which had settled on the country in the 17th century was lifted.

  • There are six species of monkey corresponding to those of Guiana and the Amazon valley, the sloth and ant-eater, 12 known genera of rodents, including many species of Mures, the cavy, the capybara, the paca, the nutria, the agouti, the tree porcupine, Loncheres cristata, Echimys cayen and the Brazilian hare.

  • He did, however, succeed in undoing all the work of his ancestors5 partly by his own slackness and sloth, partly by his choice of corrupt and treacherous ministers.

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