sluggish
Slow and torpid
Sluggish means slow-moving or lacking energy.
A sluggish economy grows at a disappointing pace.
A sluggish stream barely flows.
Someone feeling sluggish after a heavy meal moves with reluctance: I felt sluggish all afternoon.
The word suggests not just slowness but a heaviness or resistance to motion—like a slug dragging itself along.
Lacking energy or alertness
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
- languidWeak and without vigor
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- enervatedDepleted of vitality
lackadaisical · lifeless · spiritless · indolent · passive · unresponsive · phlegmatic · torpid
Wanting to doze
- tiredLacking energy, needing rest
- groggyWeak and unsteady
- drowsyNearly falling asleep
- fatiguedDrained of energy
weary · exhausted · yawning · dozing · heavy-eyed · bleary · nodding · droopy
Lacking in speed
- delayedMade to wait longer
- unhurriedTaking one's time
- gradualDeveloping slowly over time
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
plodding · lagging · crawling · lumbering · ponderous · snail-paced · dawdling · leisurely
lethargic
Lacking energy or alertness
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
- languidWeak and without vigor
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
enervated · lackadaisical · lifeless · spiritless · indolent · passive · unresponsive · phlegmatic · torpid · weak
sleepy
Wanting to doze
fatigued · weary · exhausted · yawning · dozing · heavy-eyed · bleary · nodding · droopy · somnolent
slow
Lacking in speed
creeping · plodding · lagging · crawling · lumbering · ponderous · snail-paced · dawdling · leisurely · tardy
stagnant
Without movement or progress
dormant · standstill · stuck · motionless · unmoving · still · flat · depressed · moribund · quiet
slow-witted
Lacking mental quickness
muddled · hazy · thick · dim · obtuse · clouded · fuzzy · confused · befuddled · addled
- lacking energylistless, languid, weary, torpid, inert
- energy levelsenergetic, energized, hyped, exhausted, fatigued
- moodshappy, sad, angry, anxious, excited
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- slownessslow, leisurely, unhurried, crawl, creep
- slugging awayPersevering with effort
- slugging it outProlonged fierce combat
- slugging averageBases per at-bat ratio
- sluggish pulseAbnormally slow heart rate