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 Definitions of stagnant  [ˈstæg nənt]  

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Definition of 'stagnant' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) stagnant
not flowing or running, as water or air.

2.  stagnant
stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water.

3.  stagnant
inactive or sluggish:
a stagnant ecomomy.

Etymology:  (1660–70; < L stāgnant-, s. of stāgnāns, prp. of stāgnāre to stagnate ; see -ant)

Definition of 'stagnant' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) dead(a), stagnant
not circulating or flowing
"dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"

2. (adj) stagnant, moribund
not growing or changing; without force or vitality


Definition of 'stagnant' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) stagnant
that stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins

2. (adj) stagnant
not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant


Translation of 'stagnant' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of water) standing still rather than flowing and therefore usually dirty
a stagnant pool.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: stilstaande Arabic flag Arabic: راكِد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: застоял
Brazilian flag Brazilian: estagnado Czech flag Czech: stojatý German flag German: abgestanden
Danish flag Danish: stillestående Greek flag Greek: στάσιμος, λιμνασμένος Estonian flag Estonian: seisev
Farsi flag Farsi: راكد Finnish flag Finnish: seisova French flag French: stagnant
Hebrew flag Hebrew: עוֹמדִים Hindi flag Hindi: स्थिर, निश्चल Croatian flag Croatian: ustajao
Hungarian flag Hungarian: pangó, álló Indonesian flag Indonesian: mandek Icelandic flag Icelandic: staðinn, fúll
Italian flag Italian: stagnante Japanese flag Japanese: よどんだ Korean flag Korean: 괴어있는, 정체해 있는
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: stovintis Latvian flag Latvian: stāvošs (ūdens); sastāvēj Malay flag Malay: tidak mengalir
Dutch flag Dutch: stilstaand Norwegian flag Norwegian: stillestående Polish flag Polish: stojący
Portuguese flag Portuguese: estagnado Romanian flag Romanian: stătător Russian flag Russian: стоячий
Slovak flag Slovak: stojatý Slovenian flag Slovenian: stoječ, mirujoč Serbian flag Serbian: ustajao
Swedish flag Swedish: stillastående Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งนิ่ง Turkish flag Turkish: durgun
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 停滯(污濁)的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: стоячий Urdu flag Urdu: ٹھہرا ہوا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tù, ứ, đọng Chinese flag Chinese: 停滞(污浊)的

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