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sluggish


 
  Grep  of  noun  sluggish 
  sluggishness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sluggish 
 
  The  adj  sluggish  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  sluggish  --  (with  little  movement;  very  slow;  "a  sluggish  stream") 
  2.  dull,  slow,  sluggish  --  ((of  business)  not  active  or  brisk;  "business  is  dull  (or  slow)";  "a  sluggish  market") 
  3.  inert,  sluggish,  torpid  --  (slow  and  apathetic;  "she  was  fat  and  inert";  "a  sluggish  worker";  "a  mind  grown  torpid  in  old  age") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  sluggish 
 
  3  senses  of  sluggish 
 
  Sense  1 
  sluggish 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  slow)  ->  fast 
 
  Sense  2 
  dull,  slow,  sluggish 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  inactive)  ->  active 
 
  Sense  3 
  inert,  sluggish,  torpid 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  inactive)  ->  active 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  sluggish 
 
  3  senses  of  sluggish 
 
  Sense  1 
  sluggish 
  =>  slow  (vs.  fast) 
 
  Sense  2 
  dull,  slow,  sluggish 
  =>  inactive  (vs.  active) 
 
  Sense  3 
  inert,  sluggish,  torpid 
  =>  inactive  (vs.  active) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  sluggish 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  sluggish 
 
  sluggish  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  sluggish 
  sluggish 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sluggish 
 
  The  adj  sluggish  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  sluggish  --  (with  little  movement;  very  slow;  "a  sluggish  stream") 
  2.  dull,  slow,  sluggish  --  ((of  business)  not  active  or  brisk;  "business  is  dull  (or  slow)";  "a  sluggish  market") 
  3.  inert,  sluggish,  torpid  --  (slow  and  apathetic;  "she  was  fat  and  inert";  "a  sluggish  worker";  "a  mind  grown  torpid  in  old  age") 



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