Associations to the word «Sluggish»

Wiktionary

SLUGGISH, adjective. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
SLUGGISH, adjective. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
SLUGGISH, adjective. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
SLUGGISH, adjective. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
SLUGGISH, adjective. Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

Dictionary definition

SLUGGISH, adjective. Moving slowly; "a sluggish stream".
SLUGGISH, adjective. (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market".
SLUGGISH, adjective. Slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats