What does slothful mean?
Definitions for slothful
ˈslɔθ fəl, ˈsloʊθ-sloth·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word slothful.
Princeton's WordNet
faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shyadjective
disinclined to work or exertion
"faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
Wiktionary
slothfuladjective
Lazy; inactive; sluggish; indolent; idle; tending to sloth.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Slothfuladjective
Idle; lazy; sluggish; inactive; indolent; dull of motion.
Etymology: sloth and full.
He that is slothful in his work, is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9.
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. Prov. xxi. 25.
To vice industrious; but to nobler deeds
Timorous and slothful. John Milton.Flora commands those nymphs and knights,
Who liv’d in slothful ease and loose delights,
Who never acts of honour durst pursue,
The men inglorious knights, the ladies all untrue. Dryden.The very soul of the slothful does effectually but lie drowsing in his body, and the whole man is totally given up to his senses. Roger L'Estrange.
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slothful
Slothful generally means being lazy or lacking the desire or willingness to work or make an effort. It describes a person who is disinclined to activity or exertion and prefers to remain idle. This term often carries a sense of procrastination, sluggishness and negligence.
Webster Dictionary
Slothfuladjective
addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of slothful in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of slothful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of slothful in a Sentence
The show confirms their worst suspicions—that Americans are fat, lazy, slothful, [and] wasteful.
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