slothful

English

Alternative forms

• slothfull (archaic)

Etymology

sloth +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

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Adjective

slothful (comparative more slothful, superlative most slothful)

1. lazy; idle; tending to sloth.

   Synonyms: inactive, sluggish, indolent

   Antonyms: active, unslothful

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 18:9:

     He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

   • 1678, John Bunyan, “The Author’s Apology for His Book”, in The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas, […], 1928, →OCLC:

     This Book will make a Travailer of thee, / If by its Counſel thou wilt ruled be; / It will direct thee to the Holy Land, / If thou wilt its Directions understand: / Yea, it will make the ſloathful, active be; / The Blind alſo, delightful things to ſee.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:lazy

Translations

lazy, sluggish

• Bulgarian: муден (bg) (muden), ленив (bg) (leniv)
• Cherokee: ᎦᎾᎵ (ganali)
• Dutch: lui (nl)
• Finnish: laiska (fi), veltto (fi)
• French: paresseux (fr)
• Galician: preguiceiro (gl) m, nugallán (gl) m, langrán (gl) m, bostrouco m, broeiro m, vergallán (gl) m, tramazán m, manguán m, mandrión m, galbán (gl) m
• German: faul (de)
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (lats)
• Irish: leisciúil
• Italian: pigro (it), indolente (it)
• Latin: pĭger, ignavus
• Maori: makuku
• Occitan: peresós, pigre (oc)
• Plautdietsch: ful, mooj
• Swahili: -vivu
• Turkish: tembel (tr), miskin (tr), uyuşuk (tr)