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sloth
(sloʊθ)
Word forms: plural sloths
1. uncountable noun
Sloth is laziness, especially with regard to work.
[formal] He admitted a lack of motivation and a feeling of sloth.
2. countable noun
A sloth is an animal from Central and South America. Sloths live in trees and move very slowly.
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sloth in British English
(sləʊθ)
noun
1.
any of several shaggy-coated arboreal edentate mammals of the family Bradypodidae, esp Bradypus tridactylus (three-toed sloth or ai) or Choloepus didactylus (two-toed sloth or unau), of Central and South America. They are slow-moving, hanging upside down by their long arms and feeding on vegetation
2.
reluctance to work or exert oneself
Word origin
Old English slǣwth; from slǣw, variant of slāw slowsloth in American English
(slɔθ; slɑθ; also, Chiefly British sloʊθ)
noun
1.
disinclination to work or exert oneself; indolence; laziness; idleness
2. Rare
slowness; delay
3.
a.
any of a family (Bradypodidae) of slow-moving, tree-dwelling edentate mammals oftropical Central and South America that hang, back down, from branches and feed on fruits and vegetation, including a three-toed species (genus Bradypus) and a two-toed species (genus Choloepus)
b.
any of various families of extinct, ground-dwelling edentate mammals
Word origin
ME slouthe < slou, slow, used for older slewthe, sleuthe < OE slæwth, sloth < slaw, slow: see slow & -th1Image ofsloth
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anteater, sin(noun)
Definition
laziness, esp. regarding work
I judged him guilty of sloth.
Synonyms
laziness
Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness.
inactivity
idleness
Idleness and incompetence are not inbred in our workers.
inertia
I resented her inertia and lack of self direction.
torpor
The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.
sluggishness
a medical condition which causes sluggishness and bad breath
slackness
indolence
He was noted for his indolence.
slothfulness
faineance
Additional synonyms
in the sense of idleness
Idleness and incompetence are not inbred in our workers.
Synonyms
loafing,
inertia,
sloth,
pottering,
trifling,
laziness,
time-wasting,
lazing,
torpor,
sluggishness,
skiving (British, slang),
vegetating,
dilly-dallying (informal),
shiftlessness
in the sense of inactivity
Synonyms
sloth,
vegetation,
inertia,
stagnation,
lethargy,
laziness,
dullness,
torpor,
heaviness,
sluggishness,
indolence,
lassitude,
quiescence,
dilatoriness,
inertness,
dolce far niente
in the sense of indolence
He was noted for his indolence.
Synonyms
idleness,
slacking,
laziness,
inertia,
shirking,
lethargy,
inactivity,
sloth,
torpor,
skiving (British, slang),
languor,
inertness,
torpidity,
faineance,
faineancy,
languidness
Nearby words ofsloth
- sloppy
- slosh
- slot
- sloth
- slothful
- slouch
- slouch around
Synonyms of 'sloth'
sloth
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of inertia
Definition
a feeling of unwillingness to do anything
I resented her inertia and lack of self direction.
Synonyms
inactivity,
apathy,
lethargy,
passivity,
stillness,
laziness,
sloth,
idleness,
stupor,
drowsiness,
dullness,
immobility,
torpor,
sluggishness,
indolence,
lassitude,
languor,
listlessness,
deadness,
unresponsiveness,
disinclination to move
in the sense of sluggishness
a medical condition which causes sluggishness and bad breath
Synonyms
inactivity,
lethargy,
drowsiness,
apathy,
inertia,
stagnation,
dullness,
torpor,
heaviness,
indolence,
lassitude,
languor,
listlessness,
somnolence,
slothfulness
in the sense of torpor
Definition
drowsiness and apathy
The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.
Synonyms
inactivity,
apathy,
inertia,
lethargy,
passivity,
laziness,
numbness,
sloth,
stupor,
drowsiness,
dullness,
sluggishness,
indolence,
languor,
listlessness,
somnolence,
inertness,
stagnancy,
accidie,
inanition,
torpidity,
acedia