Associations to the word «Sloth»

Wiktionary

SLOTH, noun. (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
SLOTH, noun. (countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
SLOTH, noun. (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.
SLOTH, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To be idle.
SLOTH BEAR, noun. A nocturnal bear, Melursus ursinus, native to South Asia.
SLOTH BEARS, noun. Plural of sloth bear

Dictionary definition

SLOTH, noun. A disinclination to work or exert yourself.
SLOTH, noun. 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.
SLOTH, noun. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King