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English noun: sluggishness | |||
| 1. | sluggishness (state) a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) | ||
| Synonyms | lassitude, lethargy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | torpidity, torpor | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hebetude | ||
| 2. | sluggishness (attribute) the pace of things that move relatively slowly | ||
| Samples | The sluggishness of the economy. The sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pace, rate | ||
| 3. | sluggishness (attribute) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | ||
| Samples | The general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends. | ||
| Synonyms | flatness, languor, lethargy, phlegm | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inactiveness, inactivity, inertia | ||
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