| Main Entry: | slowness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dullness |
Synonyms: |
apathy, indifference, languidness, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, unwillingness |
| Main Entry: | slowness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakness |
Synonyms: |
feebleness, impotence, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | slowness |
| Part of Speech: | noun1, noun2 |
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| Concept: | Slowness. |
| Category: | 2. Degrees of Motion |
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-nouns
slowness; languor (inactivity); drawl; creeping, lentor., retardation; slackening; delay (lateness); claudication., jog trot, dog trot; mincing steps; slow march, slow time, slow motion., slow goer, slow coach, slow back; lingerer, loiterer, sluggard, tortoise, snail; poke [U.S.]; dawdle (inactive).
-verbs
move slowly; creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, lumber; trail, drag; dawdle (be inactive); grovel, worm one's way, steal along; job on, rub on, bundle on; toddle, waddle, wabble, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, claudicate, shamble; flag, falter, trotter, stagger; mince, step short; march in slow time, march in funeral procession; take one's time; hang fire (be late)., retard, relax; slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb; reef; strike sail, shorten sail, take in sail; put on the drag, apply the brake; clip the wings; reduce the speed; slacken speed, slacken one's pace; lose ground.
-adjectives
slow, slack; tardy; dilatory (inactive); gentle, easy; leisurely; deliberate, gradual; insensible, imperceptible; glacial, languid, sluggish, slow paced, tardigrade, snail-like; creeping; reptatorial; stop-action.
-adverbs
slowly; leisurely; piano, adagio; largo, larghetto; at half speed, under easy sail; at a foots pace, at a snail's pace, at a funeral pace; in slow time, in slow motion, with mincing steps, with clipped wings; haud passibus aequis [Vergil]., gradually; gradatim; by degrees, by slow degrees, by inches, by little and little; step by step, one step at a time; inch by inch, bit by bit, little by little, seriatim; consecutively.
-phrases
dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit; at a glacial pace.
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velocity |
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| Main Entry: | depression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | economic decline |
Synonyms: |
bad times, bankruptcy, bear market, big trouble, bottom out, bust, crash, crisis, deflation, dislocation, downturn, drop, failure, hard times, inactivity, inflation, overproduction, panic, paralysis, rainy days, recession, retrenchment, sag, slide, slowness, slump, stagflation, stagnation, unemployment |
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recovery, surge |
| 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: | laziness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unwillingness to work, be active |
Synonyms: |
apathy, dilatoriness, do-nothingness, dormancy, dreaminess, drowsiness, dullness, faineance, faineancy, heaviness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languorousness, laxness, leadenness, leisureliness, lethargy, listlessness, neglectfulness, negligence, otioseness, otiosity, passivity, remissness, slackness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, stolidity, supineness, tardiness, torpescence, torpidness, weariness |
Antonyms: |
activity, diligence, hard work, industriousness, industry, liveliness |
| Main Entry: | lethargy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness, sluggishness |
Synonyms: |
apathy, coma, disinterest, disregard, drowsiness, dullness, hebetude, heedlessness, idleness, impassivity, inaction, inactivity, inanition, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, insouciance, languor, lassitude, listlessness, passiveness, phlegm, sleep, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, slumber, stupor, supineness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor, unconcern, unmindfulness |
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activity, busyness, energy, life, liveliness, vigor, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity |
| Main Entry: | sloth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness |
Synonyms: |
do-nothingness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, lackadaisicalness, languidness, laxness, lethargy, listlessness, slackness, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, supineness |
| Main Entry: | torpor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lethargy |
Synonyms: |
apathy, disinterest, dormancy, drowsiness, dullness, idleness, impassivity, inaction, inactivity, languor, laziness, lifelessness, listlessness, passiveness, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, slumber, stupor, torpidity, torpidness |