sluggishness

slug·gish

S0485600 (slŭg′ĭsh)adj.1. Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive: a sluggish stream; sluggish growth.2. Lacking alertness, vigor, or energy; inert or indolent.3. Slow to perform or respond to stimulation.

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[Middle English, probably from slugge, lazy person; see slug².]

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slug′gish·ly adv.slug′gish·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sluggishness - a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)lassitude, lethargyhebetude - mental lethargy or dullnesstorpidity, torpor - a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor"
	2.	sluggishness - the pace of things that move relatively slowly; "the sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold"pace, rate - the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"
	3.	sluggishness - inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"languor, lethargy, phlegm, flatnessinertia, inactiveness, inactivity - a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"

sluggishness

noun inactivity, lethargy, drowsiness, apathy, inertia, stagnation, dullness, torpor, heaviness, indolence, lassitude, languor, listlessness, somnolence, slothfulness a medical condition which causes sluggishness and bad breath

sluggishness

noun1. A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity:dullness, hebetude, languidness, languor, lassitude, leadenness, lethargy, listlessness, stupor, torpidity, torpor.2. The quality or state of being lazy:idleness, indolence, laziness, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, sluggardness.Informal: do-nothingism.

Translations

缓慢

slug¹

(slag) noun a kind of animal like a snail. 蛞蝓 蛞蝓ˈsluggish adjective moving slowly; not active or alert. a sluggish river; I always feel rather sluggish in the mornings. 緩慢的 缓慢的ˈsluggishly adverb 緩慢地 缓慢地ˈsluggishness noun 緩慢 缓慢