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stagnant
stag·nant S0696100 (stăg′nənt)adj.1. Not flowing or moving, and often foul-smelling or stale: stagnant ponds; stagnant air.2. Showing little or no activity or vitality; inactive or sluggish: a stagnant economy; a stagnant mind.
[Latin stāgnāns, stāgnant-, present participle of stāgnāre, to be stagnant; see stagnate.]
stag′nan·cy n.stag′nant·ly adv.stagnant (ˈstæɡnənt) adj1. (of water, etc) standing still; without flow or current2. brackish and foul from standing still3. stale, sluggish, or dull from inaction4. not growing or developing; static[C17: from Latin stagnāns, from stagnāre to be stagnant, from stagnum a pool] ˈstagnancy, ˈstagnance n ˈstagnantly advstag•nant (ˈstæg nənt)
adj. 1. not flowing or running, as water or air. 2. stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water. 3. inactive or sluggish: a stagnant ecomomy. [1660–70; < Latin stāgnant-, s. of stāgnāns, present participle of stāgnāre to stagnate; see -ant] stag′nan•cy, stag′nance, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | stagnant - not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"deadstanding - (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water" | | 2. | stagnant - not growing or changing; without force or vitalitymoribundadynamic, undynamic - characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness |
stagnantadjective1. stale, still, standing, quiet, sluggish, motionless, brackish Mosquitoes have been thriving in stagnant water on building sites.
stale clear, fresh, pure, running, moving, flowing, unpolluted2. inactive, declining, stagnating, flat, slow, depressed, sluggish, slow-moving Mass movements are often a factor in the awakening of stagnant societies.Translationsstagnant (ˈstӕgnənt) adjective1. (of water) standing still rather than flowing and therefore usually dirty. a stagnant pool. 停滯(污濁)的 停滞（污浊）的 2. dull or inactive. Our economy is stagnant. 遲鈍的，不活潑的 迟钝的，不活泼的 stagnate (stӕgˈneit) , ((American) ˈstӕgneit) verb1. (of water) to be or become stagnant. 使停滯 使停滞2. to become dull and inactive. 使遲鈍(不活潑) 使迟钝（不活泼） stagˈnation noun 停滯 停滞EncyclopediaSeestagnationstagnant
stagnant (stăg′nənt)adj. Not flowing or moving, and often foul-smelling or stale: stagnant ponds; stagnant air.
stag′nan·cy n.stag′nant·ly adv.FinancialSeeStagnationstagnant
Synonyms for stagnantadj staleSynonyms- stale
- still
- standing
- quiet
- sluggish
- motionless
- brackish
Antonyms- clear
- fresh
- pure
- running
- moving
- flowing
- unpolluted
adj inactiveSynonyms- inactive
- declining
- stagnating
- flat
- slow
- depressed
- sluggish
- slow-moving
Synonyms for stagnantadj not circulating or flowingSynonymsRelated Wordsadj not growing or changingSynonymsRelated Words |