Slothful synonyms

slôth'fəl, slōth'-, slŏth'-

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indolent
The definition of indolent is lazy or disinterested in working, or inactive or painless.
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sluggish
Not active; slow or slow-moving; dull
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lethargic
The definition of lethargic is being sluggish or having little energy.
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lazy (related)
Unwilling to do work or make an effort.
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dronish
Like a drone, slow, sluggish
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idle
Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.
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inactive
Not affecting the plane of polarized light: said of some isomers of certain optically active crystalline substances
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listless
Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; lethargic:
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fainéant
Resistant to exertion and activity
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sluggard
Lazy.
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do-nothing
Offering no initiative for change, especially in politics.
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bone lazy
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action (related)
Designating or of a type of film characterized by a fast-paced plot, a series of suspenseful confrontations, violent fight and chase scenes, etc.
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industrious (related)
Energetic in application to work or study.
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faineant
Given to doing nothing; lazy.
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otiose
Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
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work-shy
Alternative spelling of workshy.
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covetous (related)
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contemn (related)
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hard-hearted (related)
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disobedient (related)
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Find another word for slothful. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for slothful, like: indolent, sluggish, lethargic, lazy, dronish, idle, inactive, listless, supine, fainéant and shiftless.
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Slothful Sentence Examples

  • But he was too slothful to have more than a passive part in the direction of his own government.

  • An unclean person is universally a slothful one, one who sits by a stove, whom the sun shines on prostrate, who reposes without being fatigued.

  • On the day of the funeral Peter addressed to Alexius a stern letter of warning and remonstrance, urging him no longer to resemble the slothful servant in the parable, and threatening to cut him off, as though he were a gangrenous swelling, if he did not acquiesce in his father's plans.

  • Again, the meanness of my estate doth somewhat move me; for though I cannot accuse myself that I am either prodigal or slothful, yet my health is not to spend, nor my course to get.

  • The coastmen were expert smugglers and wreckers, the agriculturists were ignorant and drunken, the parish clergy were slothful, in many cases intemperate, and largely given to fox-hunting.

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