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There is something that feels stagnant about having things you don't use or wear. But shoes are my thing. Shoes and scarves, I'm a big fan of the scarf.
Leslie Bibb

Meaning of "stagnant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STAGNANT

From Latin stagnāns, from stagnāre to be stagnant, from stagnum a pool.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STAGNANT

stagnant  [ˈstæɡnənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAGNANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stagnant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STAGNANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stagnant in the English dictionary

The first definition of stagnant in the dictionary is standing still; without flow or current. Other definition of stagnant is brackish and foul from standing still. Stagnant is also stale, sluggish, or dull from inaction.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STAGNANT


benignant
bɪˈnɪɡnənt
component
kəmˈpəʊnənt
continent
ˈkɒntɪnənt
dominant
ˈdɒmɪnənt
impregnant
ɪmˈprɛɡnənt
indignant
ɪnˈdɪɡnənt
malignant
məˈlɪɡnənt
non-malignant
ˌnɒnməˈlɪɡnənt
nonpregnant
ˌnɒnˈprɛɡnənt
oppugnant
əˈpʌɡnənt
permanent
ˈpɜːmənənt
pregnant
ˈprɛɡnənt
premalignant
ˌpriːməˈlɪɡnənt
prominent
ˈprɒmɪnənt
pseudopregnant
ˌsjuːdəʊˈpreɡnənt
regnant
ˈrɛɡnənt
repugnant
rɪˈpʌɡnənt
unbenignant
ˌʌnbɪˈnɪɡnənt
unpregnant
ʌnˈprɛɡnənt
unrepugnant
ˌʌnrɪˈpʌɡnənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STAGNANT

staggery
staggie
staghorn
staghorn fern
staghound
stagier
stagiest
stagily
staginess
staging
staging area
staging post
Stagira
Stagirite
stagnance
stagnancy
stagnantly
stagnate
stagnation
stagy

WORDS THAT END LIKE STAGNANT

complainant
consonant
contaminant
covenant
determinant
Dinant
discriminant
first lieutenant
flight lieutenant
lieutenant
pennant
poignant
predominant
queen regnant
recombinant
remnant
resonant
revenant
ruminant
vernant

Synonyms and antonyms of stagnant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STAGNANT»

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

Translation of «stagnant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STAGNANT

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

Translator English - Chinese

> 停滞不前的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estancado
570 millions of speakers

English

stagnant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्थिर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

راكدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

застой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estagnado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বদ্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stagnant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stagnan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stagnierend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

沈滞した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

침체된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stagnant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trì trệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्थिर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

durgun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stagnante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stagnacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

застій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stagnant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στάσιμη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

staande
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stagnerande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stillestående
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stagnant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STAGNANT»

The term «stagnant» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.283 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STAGNANT» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «STAGNANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stagnant.
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GG Allin
I don't wanna get old and stagnant and hang around.
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Leslie Bibb
There is something that feels stagnant about having things you don't use or wear. But shoes are my thing. Shoes and scarves, I'm a big fan of the scarf.
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Will Champlin
I've seen a lot of my friends go through different reality shows, and they just get caught up in a lot of stagnant positions, unfortunately.
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Craig Charles
It's evolve or die, really, you have to evolve, you have to move on otherwise it just becomes stagnant.
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Terri Clark
The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable.
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Anna Julia Cooper
The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.
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James Fallows
The air that people breathe in many Chinese cities has become dangerously polluted. Their food supply is subject to constant contamination scandals. Now it appears that not merely stagnant ponds but the water people draw from deep underground is already tainted.
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Romola Garai
Postwar Europe was morally stagnant, and there was a lot of neo-conservatism.
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John Mason Good
Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAGNANT»

Discover the use of stagnant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stagnant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stunted Lives, Stagnant Economies: Poverty, Disease, and ...
Stunted Lives, Stagnant Economies describes in vivid detail the living conditions of the poor in developing countries and the diseases and injuries that result from this environment of need.
Eileen Stillwaggon, 1998
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The Stagnant Civilization: An Exercise in Hermeneutics
Originally intended as a Master's Thesis in English Literature, The Stagnant Civilization was violently rejected by the author's advisory committee.
Edward Lyons, 2009
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Japan's Stagnant Nineties - A Vector Autoregression ...
This paper uses a vector autoregression (VAR) approach to identify the driving forces of the growth slowdown in Japan during the 1990s.
Ramana Ramaswamy, Christel Rendu, 1999
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Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets 2 Volume Set
14.3.7 Martian Thermal History Models with a Stagnant Lid Thermal history models of Mars, based on a parameterization of mantle heat transfer by stagnant- lid convection, have been explored by Reese et al. (1998, 1999). Stagnant-lid ...
Gerald Schubert, Donald L. Turcotte, Peter Olson, 2001
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A Swim in the Stagnant Pool
Here in Detroit, Michigan, on a West Side corner and during the 1950's, many notable African Americans, to include Berry Gordy, founder of Hitsville USA Motown and Smokey Robinson of The Miracles, were factually linked directly to this ...
Jack Apostol, 2002
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History of Pasadena: Comprising an Account of the Native ...
PEDIASTRUM MEYEN. P. BORYANUM ('I'hurp.) Menegh. Frequent in stagnant water. HYDRODICTYON Roth. H. UTRICULATUM Roth. Common in streams. PANDORINA Ehrb. P. MORUM Bory. Common in stagnant water. GONIUM Muell.
Hiram Alvin Reid, 1895
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Services and Employment: Explaining the U.S.-European Gap
On Asymptotically Stagnant Products: The Case of Research and Development ( R&D) Activity Some years after the cost-disease model was introduced, it was extended to include a hybrid sector — the asymptotically stagnant sector — defined ...
Mary B. Gregory, Wiemer Salverda, Ronald Schettkat, 2007
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Biological and Bioenvironmental Heat and Mass Transfer
Stagnant. Gas. In the previous two sections, we discussed convection-dispersion. We now pick up one important situation of convection-diffusion. Our goal is the same as before — to calculate concentration profiles and mass fluxes.
Ashim K. Datta, 2002
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Understanding Drug Release and Absorption Mechanisms: A ...
Indeed, it is well known that, regardless of stirring conditions, at the solid–liquid interface afilmof stagnant liquid forms [21]. Obviously, as filmthickness depends on many factors such as liquid velocity field, surface roughness, and porosity, ...
Mario Grassi, Gabriele Grassi, Romano Lapasin, 2006
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I Dare You: Embrace Life with Passion
To live passionately, we must avoid becoming stagnant and inactive. Water that is not moving becomes stagnant. If you've ever seen a puddle of stagnant water, you know it's murky and smelly and there may even be some mold forming.
Joyce Meyer, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STAGNANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stagnant is used in the context of the following news items.
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State police's stagnant pay concerns some Indiana lawmakers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Stagnant pay for Indiana State Police troopers has some lawmakers worried that the agency will lose officers to higher-paying ... «WTHITV.com, Jun 15»
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Jules Bianchi Condition Remains 'Stagnant', Says Father
"The situation is stagnant," Bianchi senior told Canal+. "Jules' neurological progress is not what we would like it to be. When we get up every morning we think of ... «NDTVSports.com, May 15»
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Jules Bianchi's condition is 'stagnant' and 'where there is life there is …
'He's fighting with the weapons that he has. In neurological terms, I'm not sure he is able to do much now. The situation is stagnant. Jules' neurological progress ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
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Michigan roads face another year with stagnant funds
(AP) — As the percentage of Michigan roads in poor condition continues to rise, the state and its local governments face another year of stagnant funding for ... «The Elkhart Truth, May 15»
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Kevin Harvick: NASCAR's weak link is stagnant schedule
... some of the venues we go to." People like things that change, Harvick said, and dislike stagnant things. And the "most stagnant thing," he said, is the schedule. «USA TODAY, May 15»
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Stagnant Job Growth Could Hurt Hillary, Dems in 2016
The stagnant jobs-growth picture will give voters a whole new question to consider when it comes to candidates hoping to occupy the White House in 2016. «Newsmax, Apr 15»
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Stagnant Water Ordinance Proposed for Albemarle County
The Stagnant Water Ordinance would make it unlawful for any property owner to allow the accumulation of water in a swimming pool, hot tub, or any other ... «The Charlottesville Newsplex, Apr 15»
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CSU profs: Stagnant pay pushing us out of middle class
After a decade of stagnant wages, professors in the California State University system have lost more purchasing power than other public college faculty in the ... «San Jose Mercury News, Mar 15»
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Health Care Jobs to Grow, Construction Jobs Stay Stagnant
Health care will lead Tucson area job growth this year and next, while the once-robust construction industry will remain stagnant, the latest state employment ... «Arizona Public Media, Mar 15»
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Stagnant middle class incomes: The political fallout
The political debate over raising middle class incomes is gathering momentum, with significant potential consequences for Wall Street and Main Street alike. «CNBC, Jan 15»

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