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| Main Entry: | sloth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness |
| Synonyms: | idleness, indolence, inertia, lethargy, listlessness, slowness, sluggishness, do-nothingness, inactivity, lackadaisicalness, languidness, laxness, slackness, slothfulness, supineness |
| Main Entry: | do-nothing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lazy person |
| Synonyms: | bum, couch potato*, couch potato, deadbeat, good-for-nothing, idler, laggard, loafer, malingerer, shirker, slacker, sloth, clock watcher, goof-off, goof-off, layabout, lazy person, lazybones, lotus eater, lounger, moocher, sponger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness, inaction |
| Synonyms: | dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, inactivity, indolence, inertia, joblessness, laze, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, own sweet time, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stupor, time on one's hands, time to burn, time to kill, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating |
| Antonyms: | action, ambition, busyness, diligence, employment, hustle, industry, labor, occupation, work |
| Main Entry: | inertia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disinclination to move; lifelessness |
| Synonyms: | apathy, dullness, idleness, indolence, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, sloth, sluggishness, stillness, stupor, torpor, deadness, drowsiness, immobility, immobilization, inactivity, oscitancy, paralysis, passivity, torpidity, unresponsiveness |
| Antonyms: | activity, animation, life, liveliness, moving |
| Main Entry: | laziness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unwillingness to work, be active |
| Synonyms: | apathy, dullness, heaviness, idleness, indolence, inertia, lethargy, listlessness, negligence, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, tardiness, weariness, dilatoriness, do-nothingness, dormancy, dreaminess, drowsiness, faineance, faineancy, inactivity, inertness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languorousness, laxness, leadenness, leisureliness, neglectfulness, otioseness, otiosity, passivity, remissness, slackness, slothfulness, stolidity, supineness, torpescence, torpidness |
| Antonyms: | activity, diligence, hard work, industry, liveliness, industriousness |
| Main Entry: | lethargy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness, sluggishness |
| Synonyms: | apathy, coma, disregard, dullness, idleness, inaction, indifference, indolence, inertia, languor, lassitude, listlessness, passiveness, sleep, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, slumber, stupor, torpor, unconcern, disinterest, drowsiness, hebetude, heedlessness, impassivity, inactivity, inanition, inertness, insouciance, phlegm, supineness, torpidity, torpidness, unmindfulness |
| Antonyms: | activity, energy, life, liveliness, vigor, vitality, vivacity, busyness, vivaciousness |
| Main Entry: | sin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegal or immoral action |
| Synonyms: | anger, covetousness, crime, damnation, debt, deficiency, demerit, disobedience, envy, error, evil, fault, guilt, imperfection, iniquity, lust, misdeed, offense, peccadillo, pride, shortcoming, sloth, transgression, trespass, vice, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, evil-doing, gluttony, immorality, peccability, peccancy, sinfulness, tort, ungodliness, unrighteousness, veniality, wrongness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, goodness, morality |
| Main Entry: | torpor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lethargy |
| Synonyms: | apathy, dullness, idleness, inaction, languor, laziness, listlessness, passiveness, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, slumber, stupor, disinterest, dormancy, drowsiness, impassivity, inactivity, lifelessness, torpidity, torpidness |
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