slothful

English

Alternative forms

slothfull (archaic)

Etymology

sloth +‎ -ful

Adjective

slothful (comparative more slothful, superlative most slothful)

Lazy; idle; tending to sloth.
Synonyms: inactive, sluggish, indolent

Antonyms: active, unslothful
- Bible, Proverbs 18:9
  He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:lazy

Translations

lazy, sluggish

Dutch: lui (nl)
Finnish: laiska (fi), veltto (fi)
French: paresseux (fr)
German: faul (de)
Irish: leisciúil
Italian: pigro (it), indolente (it)

Latin: pĭger
Maori: makuku
Occitan: peresós, pigre (oc)
Plautdietsch: ful
Swahili: -vivu
Turkish: tembel (tr), miskin (tr), uyuşuk (tr)

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