SLUGGISHNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does sluggishness mean?
• SLUGGISHNESS (noun)
The noun SLUGGISHNESS has 3 senses:
1. a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
2. the pace of things that move relatively slowly
3. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
Familiarity information: SLUGGISHNESS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SLUGGISHNESS (noun)
Meaning:
A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
lassitude; lethargy; sluggishness
Hypernyms ("sluggishness" is a kind of...):
torpidity; torpor (a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sluggishness"):
hebetude (mental lethargy or dullness)
Meaning:
The pace of things that move relatively slowly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context examples:
the sluggishness of the economy / the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold
Hypernyms ("sluggishness" is a kind of...):
pace; rate (the relative speed of progress or change)
Meaning:
Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
languor; lethargy; phlegm; sluggishness; flatness
Context example:
the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends
Hypernyms ("sluggishness" is a kind of...):
inactiveness; inactivity; inertia (a disposition to remain inactive or inert)
