sluggishness

noun

1. a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

Similar word(s): lassitude, lethargy

Definition categories: state, torpidity, torpor

2. the pace of things that move relatively slowly

- the sluggishness of the economy

- the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold

Definition categories: attribute, pace, rate

3. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

- the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends

Similar word(s): flatness, languor, lethargy, phlegm

Definition categories: attribute, inactivity, inertia