sloth
Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining…Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
» Sloths are slow.
Faultiere sind langsam.
Ленивцы медлительны.
Лінивці повільні.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
Hot summer days inspire a sense of sloth in me.
Trägheit, Faulheit, Müßiggang
леньlenʹ, ле́ностьlénostʹ
ліньlinʹ, ле́дарствоlédarstvo, лі́нощіlínošči
Any animal in the suborder Folivora.
(countable, especially, uncountable)Any member of species of the families Choloepodidae and Bradypodidae of herbivorous, arboreal South American mammals, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
Faultier
лени́вецlenívec
ліни́вецьlinývecʹ
(countable, uncountable)Any of the extinct group of ground sloths.
(collective, countable, rare)A group of bears.
- apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
- a disinclination to work or exert yourself
Examples
30 sentencesSloths are slow.
Лінивці повільні.
ruЛенивцы медлительны.
deFaultiere sind langsam.
Armadillos are related to anteaters and sloths.
Adriano saw a sloth at the zoo.
The sloth has a very slow metabolism.
The sloth is a surprisingly good swimmer.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolenFrom Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).
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Forms
plural: slothsSynonyms
6 synonyms- apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins):lazinessacedia
- any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits:tree sloth
- a disinclination to work or exert yourself:slothfulness
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable