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Definitions for Sloth

[1] habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
[2] any of several slow-moving, arboreal, tropical American edentates of the family Bradypodidae, having a long, coarse, grayish-brown coat often of a greenish cast caused by algae, and long, hooklike claws used in gripping tree branches while hanging or moving along in a habitual upside-down position.
[3] a pack or group of bears.
[4] any of several shaggy-coated arboreal edentate mammals of the family Bradypodidae, esp Bradypus tridactylus (three-toed sloth or ai ) or Choloepus didactylus (two-toed sloth or unau ), of Central and South America. They are slow-moving, hanging upside down by their long arms and feeding on vegetation
[5] reluctance to work or exert oneself

Words related to Sloth

inactivity, lethargy, laxness, idleness, listlessness, slowness, slackness, slothfulness, indolence, inertia, lackadaisicalness, supineness

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Origin of Sloth

1125–75; Middle English slowth (see slow, -th1); replacing Old English slǣwth, derivative of slǣw, variant of slāw slow

Word origin for Sloth

Old English slǣwth; from slǣw, variant of slāw slow

Synonyms for Sloth

idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, laxness, lethargy, listlessness, slackness, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, do-nothingness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, supineness