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sluggishness:
- paresse; lenteur; inertie; indolence; léthargie; apathie; narcolepsie; lourdeur
sluggish:
- lent; traînard; indolent; inerte; traînant; indolemment
Wiktionary:
- sluggishness → lenteur
- sluggish → poussif, poussive, faiblard, faiblarde, rétamé, naze

English

Detailed Translations for sluggishness from English to French

sluggishness:

sluggishness [the ~] nomen

the sluggishness (slowness; inertia; laziness; tardiness; inertness; sloth; lethargy; unwieldiness; indolence; ponderousness; listlessness)
la paresse; la lenteur; l'inertie; l'indolence; la léthargie; l'apathie; la narcolepsie; la lourdeur
- paresse [la ~] nomen
- lenteur [la ~] nomen
- inertie [la ~] nomen
- indolence [la ~] nomen
- léthargie [la ~] nomen
- apathie [la ~] nomen
- narcolepsie [la ~] nomen
- lourdeur [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for sluggishness:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
apathie	indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lethargy; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness	apathy; dullness; inertia; lack of energy; languor; lethargy; listlessness; tepidness; will-lessness
indolence	indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lethargy; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness	apathy; dullness; idleness; indiference; indolence; laziness; lazy; listlessness; tepidness
inertie	indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lethargy; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness	dullness; inertia; lethargy; lifelessness; will-lessness
lenteur	indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lethargy; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness	lethargy
lourdeur	indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lethargy; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness	impertinence; insolence; lack of energy; languor; lethargy; rudeness
léthargie	indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lethargy; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness	lethargy
narcolepsie	indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lethargy; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness
paresse	indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lethargy; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness	idleness; indolence; lack of energy; languor; laziness; lazy; lethargy; work-shy
-	flatness; languor; lassitude; lethargy; phlegm

Related Words for "sluggishness":

sluggish

Synonyms for "sluggishness":

lethargy; lassitude; torpor; torpidity
pace; rate
languor; phlegm; flatness; inactiveness; inactivity; inertia

Related Definitions for "sluggishness":

inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy¹
- the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends¹
the pace of things that move relatively slowly¹
- the sluggishness of the economy¹
- the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold¹
a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)¹

Wiktionary Translations for sluggishness:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• sluggishness	→ lenteur	↔ Langsamkeit — das Langsamsein, die langsame Art und Weise

sluggish:

sluggish adj

sluggish (listless; slow; languid; tardy; lazy)
lent; traînard; indolent
- lent adj
- traînard adj
- indolent adj
sluggish (languid; indolent; lazy; dawdling; inert; limp; tardy; passive; dragging; drooping; slow; listless; lingering; shuffling; inactive; slow of understanding)
indolent; inerte; traînant; indolemment
- indolent adj
- inerte adj
- traînant adj
- indolemment adj

Translation Matrix for sluggish:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
traînard		back marker; dawdler; laggard; lingerer; loiterer; slacker; slow poke; slowcoach; slowpoke; snail; stick-in-the-mud; straggler; trailer
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	dull; inert; slow; soggy; sulky; torpid
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
indolemment	dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy	drained; indolent; languid; listless; washed out
indolent	dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy	bearing no interests; drained; easy-going; idle; indolent; jobless; languid; lax; lazy; limp; listless; out of work; supine; unemployed; washed out; workless
inerte	dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy	immobile; immovable; motionless; rudderless; spineless; unmoving; unresisting
lent	languid; lazy; listless; slow; sluggish; tardy	drained; languid; listless; washed out
traînant	dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy	dawdling; dilatory; dragging; hesitating; lingering; slow; wavering
traînard	languid; lazy; listless; slow; sluggish; tardy

Related Words for "sluggish":

sluggishness, sluggishly

Synonyms for "sluggish":

sulky; slow
dull; slow; inactive
inert; soggy; torpid

Related Definitions for "sluggish":

slow and apathetic¹
- a sluggish worker¹
(of business) not active or brisk¹
- a sluggish market¹
moving slowly¹
- a sluggish stream¹

Wiktionary Translations for sluggish:

sluggish

adjective

slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream
- sluggish → poussif; poussive; faiblard; faiblarde
having no power to move one's self or itself; inert
- sluggish → rétamé; naze

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University