SLUGGARD meaning: Lazy person avoiding work or effort

We found 24 dictionaries that define the word sluggard:

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sluggard: Merriam-Webster
sluggard: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
sluggard: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
sluggard: Collins English Dictionary
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Sluggard, sluggard: Wordnik
sluggard: Wiktionary
sluggard: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
sluggard: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
sluggard: Infoplease Dictionary
sluggard: Dictionary.com
sluggard: Online Etymology Dictionary
The Sluggard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Sluggard: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
sluggard: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
sluggard: Rhymezone
Sluggard: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
sluggard: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
sluggard: FreeDictionary.org
sluggard: Mnemonic Dictionary
sluggard: TheFreeDictionary.com

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sluggard: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sluggard)

▸ noun:  A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
▸ noun:  A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
▸ noun:  A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.

Similar:

slug, sluggabed, slow, slugabed, snail, slackard, schlump, slug-a-bed, lurdane, idler, more...

Opposite:

diligent, industrious, hardworking, productive

Adjectives:

old, lazy, great, good, only, little, spiritual, unambitious, unwilling, tardy, listless

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