Associations to the word «Sluggishness»

Wiktionary

SLUGGISHNESS, noun. The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
SLUGGISHNESS, noun. The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

Dictionary definition

SLUGGISHNESS, noun. A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness).
SLUGGISHNESS, noun. The pace of things that move relatively slowly; "the sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold".
SLUGGISHNESS, noun. Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke