sluggish
How many syllables in sluggish?
There are 2 syllables in the word sluggish.How to pronounce sluggish:
Synonyms for sluggish:
crawling
creeping
dallying
dawdling
dilatory
dillydallying
dragging
dull
heavy
inactive
indolent
inert
laggard
lagging
languid
leisurely
lethargic
lifeless
listless
phlegmatic
pokey
poking
poky
slothful
slow
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Antonyms for sluggish:
active
agog
alert
alive and kicking
ambitious
animate
animated
anxious
appetent
ardent
aroused
as keen as mustard
assertive
assiduous
avid
bothered
bright
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
brisk
bubbly
burning
burning with excitement
bustling
busy
careful
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- fusion
- espoused
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- Taylee
- indoors
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- fearful
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- booklet
- amish
- sweeper
- socket
- cleaver
- assure
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- whiskey
- suckle
- reenter
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- regime
- ratting
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- expelled
- bugged
- rations
- permit
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- clinic
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