sluggish

slug·gish  (slgsh)

adj.

1. Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive: a sluggish stream; sluggish growth.

2. Lacking alertness, vigor, or energy; inert or indolent.

3. Slow to perform or respond to stimulation.

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[Middle English, probably from slugge, lazy person; see slug².]

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sluggish·ly adv.

sluggish·ness n.

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sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ]

adj

1. lacking energy; inactive; slow-moving

2. functioning at below normal rate or level

3. exhibiting poor response to stimulation

sluggishly  adv

sluggishness  n

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sluggish

• lusk - Means lazy or sluggish.
• phlegmatic - First meant "abounding in phlegm" and now more commonly means "not easily excited; lacking enthusiasm; dull, sluggish"—supposedly the type of character one has from having an overabundance of phlegm.
• sulk - A back-formation of sulky, from obsolete sulke, "sluggish."
• drumble - To move in a slow, sluggish way.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sluggish - moving slowly; "a sluggish stream" sulky slow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"
	2.	sluggish - (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" slow, dull business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" inactive - lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
	3.	sluggish - slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" torpid, inert, soggy inactive - not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"

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sluggish

adjective inactive, slow, lethargic, listless, heavy, dull, lifeless, inert, slow-moving, unresponsive, phlegmatic, indolent, torpid, slothful feeling sluggish and lethargic after a big meal
lively, vigorous, energetic, dynamic, enthusiastic, swift, animated, brisk, industrious, alive and kicking, full of life, full of beans (informal)

Translations

sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ] ADJ

1. (= indolent) → perezoso, flojo

2. (= slow moving) [river, engine, car] → lento; [business, market, sales] → inactivo; [liver] → perezoso

sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ] adj

[movement] → lent(e); [person] → mou*(molle)
I feel very sluggish today → Je me sens tout mou aujourd'hui.

[business, sales] → stagnant(e)

sluggish

adj (= indolent, also Med) → träge; engine, car → lahm, langsam; temperament → phlegmatisch; steps → schwerfällig; river → träge; business → flau; market, stock exchange → flau, lustlos

sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ] adj (indolent) → pigro/a, fiacco/a; (slow-moving, river, engine, car) → lento/a; (business, market, sales) → stagnante, fiacco/a
the car is very sluggish → la macchina manca di ripresa