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The body responds to a calorie deficit by slowing down the metabolism and burning muscle tissue. That leads to weakness, sluggishness, slow times. In girls, it can also result in cessation of menstrual periods, which in turn leads to loss of bone density and frequent stress fractures.
Don Kardong

Meaning of "sluggishness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SLUGGISHNESS

sluggishness  [ˈslʌɡɪʃnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLUGGISHNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sluggishness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SLUGGISHNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sluggishness in the English dictionary

The first definition of sluggishness in the dictionary is lethargy. Other definition of sluggishness is slowness. Sluggishness is also lack of response to stimulation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLUGGISHNESS


boorishness
ˈbʊərɪʃnɪs
Britishness
ˈbrɪtɪʃnɪs
childishness
ˈtʃaɪldɪʃnɪs
churlishness
ˈtʃɜːlɪʃnɪs
feverishness
ˈfiːvərɪʃnɪs
foolishness
ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs
foppishness
ˈfɒpɪʃnɪs
garishness
ˈɡɛərɪʃnɪs
lavishness
ˈlævɪʃnɪs
offishness
ˈɒfɪʃnɪs
priggishness
ˈprɪɡɪʃnɪs
prudishness
ˈpruːdɪʃnɪs
selfishness
ˈsɛlfɪʃnɪs
snappishness
ˈsnæpɪʃnɪs
snobbishness
ˈsnɒbɪʃnɪs
squeamishness
ˈskwiːmɪʃnɪs
stylishness
ˈstaɪlɪʃnɪs
unselfishness
ʌnˈsɛlfɪʃnɪs
voguishness
ˈvəʊɡɪʃnɪs
Whiggishness
ˈwɪɡɪʃnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLUGGISHNESS

slug
slug it out
slugabed
slugfest
sluggard
sluggardise
sluggardize
sluggardliness
sluggardly
sluggardness
slugged
slugger
slugging
sluggish
sluggishly
sluice
sluice down
sluicegate
sluicelike
sluiceway

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLUGGISHNESS

brashness
bullishness
business
Caithness
Englishness
freshness
greenishness
harshness
highness
Jewishness
lushness
much of a muchness
muchness
rashness
richness
roughness
Royal Highness
smoothness
suchness
thoroughness
toughness

Synonyms and antonyms of sluggishness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SLUGGISHNESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sluggishness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sluggishness

Translation of «sluggishness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLUGGISHNESS

Find out the translation of sluggishness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sluggishness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sluggishness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

低迷
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lentitud
570 millions of speakers

English

sluggishness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुस्ती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تباطؤ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вялость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lentidão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঢিলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lenteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelesuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trägheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不活発
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부진
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sluggishness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trì trệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आळशीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cansızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indolenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ospałość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

млявість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tembelism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νωθρότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

traagheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tröghet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

treghet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sluggishness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUGGISHNESS»

The term «sluggishness» is regularly used and occupies the 102.941 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUGGISHNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sluggishness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sluggishness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sluggishness

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QUOTES WITH «SLUGGISHNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sluggishness.
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Don Kardong
The body responds to a calorie deficit by slowing down the metabolism and burning muscle tissue. That leads to weakness, sluggishness, slow times. In girls, it can also result in cessation of menstrual periods, which in turn leads to loss of bone density and frequent stress fractures.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLUGGISHNESS»

Discover the use of sluggishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sluggishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Health Through Inner Body Cleansing
Intestinal sluggishness leads to illness Sluggish bowels have always been thought to mean sluggishness of the large intestine, and to be manifest by constipation. In fact, people thought sluggish bowels and constipation were one and the ...
E. Rauch, 1998
2
Hearing - From Sensory Processing to Perception
This feature of the response of the binaural system to changes in the interaural configuration of the stimulus is usually referred to as binaural sluggishness. Psychophysically, several studies have characterized the ability to follow ongoing  ...
B. Kollmeier, 2007
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Auditory Signal Processing: Physiology, Psychoacoustics, and ...
The sluggishness of the binaural system is manifest, as demonstrated by Grantham and Wightman and others, as an inability of listeners to follow or to “ track” dynamically varying interaural disparities as their rate of fluctuation is increased.
Daniel Pressnitzer, Alain de Cheveigne, Stephen McAdams, 2006
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
3 Percentage lev els of sluggishness of thecombined data from sub-adult and adult females at temperatures of 10°C. 20°C, and 25°C relative to the stage of shrivelling (refer Fig. 4B) (NC = normal condition at start of test). All groups exhibit  ...
5
The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti
Comment: You said something about our difficulty being a certain intrinsic sluggishness which prevents us from keeping pace with the flow of life. I wish you would go into that sluggishness a little bit. KRISHNAMURTI: The fact is that the mind ...
Jiddu Krishnamurti, 1991
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The Auditory Cortex
The temporal sluggishness of auditory cortical neurons is even more striking, not because it is more extreme (in fact, auditory cortex cells can follow repetitive stimuli as well as or even better than somatic sensory neurons), but because it ...
Jeffery A. Winer, Christoph E. Schreiner, 2010
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Advances in Oxygen Research and Application: 2013 Edition: ...
0(3)-induced. stomatal. sluggishness. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Chemicals & Chemistry — Data detailed on Life Science Research have been presented. According to news reporting originating in Tokyo, Japan, ...
‎2013
8
The horological journal
The near correspondence betweon the simultaneous standard and barograph readings, is proof that the temperature correction is practically perfect. Sluggishness of Mercury. — As the barograph tube is always in perfect repose, and the ...
‎1871
9
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... especially when employed in reference to persons, usually imply extreme sluggishness and inertness (as in some forms of insanity); torpidity, however, probably more often applies to a physical condition and torpor to a mental state < blunt ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
10
In Jars of Clay: Reflections on the Art of Pastoring
Acedia is the name medieval theologians gave to the condition of spiritual sluggishness, dullness in prayer, and boredom with the rituals of devotion. They ranked it among the “seven deadly sins.” There can be no question of its danger,  ...
Roger Kruger, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLUGGISHNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sluggishness is used in the context of the following news items.
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World's biggest food companies suffer 'institutional sluggishness'
Many of the 'Goliaths' in our Global 50 ranking are encumbered by their heavy institutional structures, leading to sluggish decision-making and slower ... «FoodNavigator.com, Jul 15»
2
Thank the mid-week holiday for office sluggishness
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Some people, but not all, are back at work today after the mid-week holiday. And the real question, is did you accomplish ... «660 News, Jul 15»
3
Recent sluggishness in industrial sector will fade
Because of the sluggish performance so far this year, I have modestly lowered my forecast for 2015 to a gain of 2.6 percent for total U.S. industrial production. «Plastics News, Jun 15»
4
Gold slips on subdued demand amid global sluggishness
Snapping a two-day rise, gold prices declined modestly in listless trade at the domestic bullion market here today due to reduced offtake by jewellery traders as ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
5
Grand Central: Readers Sound Off About Consumer Spending …
Abenomics. Grand Central: Readers Sound Off About Consumer Spending Sluggishness. Article · Comments (26) · grand central. The Wall Street Journal's Daily ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
6
US Replaces Athens Envoy for 'Sluggishness' - Media
The State Department cut short its Athens envoy's stint for failure to keep Washington posted on Greek parliamentary hearings on a legislation that would let a ... «Sputnik International, May 15»
7
JDSU Slips: Q4 View Light on Continued Carrier Sluggishness
Shares of fiber optics component vendor JDSU (JDSU), which is expected to split this year into two separate companies, are down 55 cents, or 4.3%, at $12.11, ... «Barron's, Apr 15»
8
Car Sales Witness Positive Movement After 2 Yrs of Sluggishness
BENGALURU: The domestic passenger car sales grew 4.99% from April-March 2015. But the segment missed industry estimates of 5-10% growth for the fiscal. «The New Indian Express, Apr 15»
9
Mistras Group Struggles From Energy, Overseas Sluggishness
With a sluggish start to the 2015 calendar year, Mistras investors want to know whether this is a one-time aberration or the beginning of a negative trend. «Motley Fool, Apr 15»
10
Sluggish Small-Business Hiring May Portend U.S. Job Weakness
Figures released today show accelerating job growth last month, though other indexes still point to sluggishness in hiring at companies with fewer than 20 ... «Bloomberg, Apr 15»

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