Definition of Sluggishness

1. Noun. A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness).

Exact synonyms: Lassitude, Lethargy
Specialized synonyms: Hebetude
Generic synonyms: Torpidity, Torpor

2. Noun. The pace of things that move relatively slowly. "The sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold"
Generic synonyms: Pace, Rate
Derivative terms: Sluggish, Sluggish

3. Noun. Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy. "The general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"

Definition of Sluggishness

1. Noun. The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly. ¹

2. Noun. The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sluggishness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sluggishness

sluggards
sluggardy
slugged
slugger
sluggers
slugginess
slugging
slugging average
slugging percentage
slugging percentages
sluggish
sluggish layer
sluggisher
sluggishest
sluggishly
sluggishness (current term)
sluggishnesses
sluggy
slughorn
slughorns
sluglike
slugs
slugworm
slugworms
sluice
sluice down
sluice valve
sluiced
sluicegate
sluicelike

Literary usage of Sluggishness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"The activity at Constantinople and the sluggishness at ... hut this sluggishness or indifference to life is felt, we shall soon show, in a tolerably ..."

2. Explosives: A Synoptic and Critical Treatment of the Literature of the by Heinrich Brunswig (1912)
"Such a sluggishness of detonation is especially characteristic of a mixture of methane and air. According to the experiments of E. Mallard and H. le ..."

3. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"sluggishness of industrial development. — At the time when England was building up her system of manufacture, when every decade was marked by some important ..."

4. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"sluggishness of industrial development. — At the time when England was building up her system of manufactures, when every decade was marked by some ..."

5. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"sluggishness of industrial development. — At the time when England was building up her system of manufactures, when every decade was marked by some ..."

6. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"sluggishness of industrial development. — At the time when England was building up her system of manufactures, when every decade was marked by some ..."

7. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"sluggishness of industrial development. — At the time when England was building up her system of manufactures, when every decade ..."

8. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River by George Back (1836)
"sluggishness of the Compass. — Esquimaux — Portrait of a Female. — Victoria Headland. ... sluggishness ..."

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