sluggish

adj.迟钝的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
sluggish (adjective)
1.
averse to activity or exertion - indolent , also - torpid
2.
slow to respond (as to stimulation or treatment)
3.
a) markedly slow in movement, flow, or growth
b) economically inactive or slow
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
sluggish (adjective)
1.
moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed
SYNONYMS:
crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky ( pokey), sluggish, snaillike, snail-paced, tardy, unhurried
RELATED WORDS:
deliberate, measured; inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging; lingering, loitering, tarrying; ambling, heavy-footed, inching, plodding, shuffling, slow-footed; strolling; decelerating, slowing; filibustering, procrastinating, stalling
NEAR ANTONYMS:
expeditious, prompt, ready; accelerated, hastened, quickened; hurried, rushed
barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping
sluggish (adjective)
2.
slow to move or act
SYNONYMS:
dull, inert, lethargic, quiescent, sleepy, sluggish, torpid
RELATED WORDS:
ambitionless, apathetic, indolent, languorous, lazy, lazyish, listless, shiftless, slack, slothful, sluggard, sluggardly; dormant, inanimate, motionless, resting, sedentary, static, still; dead; dopey ( dopy), drugged; asleep, drowsy, somnambulant; catatonic, comatose
NEAR ANTONYMS:
busy, engaged, occupied, working; animated, bouncing, dynamic, energetic, kinetic, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy; assiduous, diligent, hardworking, industrious, sedulous
active
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