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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, sluggish |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah*, comatose, debilitated, dilatory, dopey, dormant, draggy, drowsy, dull, enervated, having spring fever, heavy, idle, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, laid-back*, languid, languorous, listless, moony, nebbish, out of it, passive, phlegmatic, sleepy, sleepyhead, slothful, slow, slumberous, snoozy, somnolent, spiritless, stolid, stretchy, stupefied, supine, torpid, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, energetic, lively, vital, vivacious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slow, stupid |
| Synonyms: | blockheaded, boorish, doltish, dull, dumb, fatheaded, ignorant, imbecilic, impassive, lethargic, numskulled, oafish, obtuse, phlegmatic, simple, slow-witted, sluggish, stolid, thick, torpid |
| Antonyms: | brainy, clever, intelligent, smart |
| Main Entry: | dopey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | comatose, dense, dumb, foolish, heavy, hebetudinous, idiotic, lethargic, senseless, silly, simple, slow, sluggish, slumberish, thick, torpid |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, sensible, smart |
| Main Entry: | dormant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive; sleeping |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, asleep, closed down, comatose, down, fallow, hibernating, inert, inoperative, latent, lethargic, lurking, on the shelf, out of action, passive, potential, prepatent, quiescent, sidelined, slack, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, suspended, torpid |
| Antonyms: | active, lively |
| Main Entry: | drowsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy |
| Synonyms: | comatose, dazed, dopy, dozing, dozy, dreamy, drugged, half asleep, heavy, indolent, lackadaisical, languid, lazy, lethargic, lulling, napping, nodding, out of it, restful, sluggish, slumberous, snoozy, somnolent, soothing, soporific, tired, torpid |
| Antonyms: | alert, awake, energized, lively |
| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak |
| Synonyms: | delicate, dizzy, drooping, enervated, exhausted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, fragile, languid, lethargic, lightheaded, slight, tender, unenthusiastic, woozy |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, courageous, resolute, strong |
| Main Entry: | heavy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | listless, slow |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, comatose, dull, hebetudinous, indifferent, lethargic, sluggish, slumberous, torpid |
| Antonyms: | light, moving, smoooth |
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing, dormant, down, draggy, dull, idle, immobile, in holding pattern, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, mothballed, motionless, on hold, ossified, out of action, out of commission, out of service, out of work, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, involved, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy |
| Synonyms: | drony, easygoing, fainéant, idle, inactive, inert, lackadaisical, languid, lax, lazy, lethargic, listless, resting, shiftless, slothful, slow, slow-going, sluggish, torpid |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, diligent, energetic, enthusiastic, hard-working, industrious, intent |
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