slothful
sluggardly; indolent; lazy.
Origin of slothful
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Other words for slothful
Other words from slothful
- sloth·ful·ly, adverb
- sloth·ful·ness, noun
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How to use slothful in a sentence
Speedily he relapsed again into slothfulness and self-indulgence.
Art in England | Dutton CookSlothfulness shutteth out Christ; slothfulness shameth the soul.
The Heavenly Footman | John BunyanThe phrase is a confession of either mental incapacity or of mental slothfulness.
Talks on Writing English | Arlo BatesBelow him stands the recluse (inclusus), whose temptation is slothfulness, which is represented by a bed.
Woman under Monasticism | Lina EckensteinHe that will say to him in judgment, "Thou wicked and slothful servant," will not encourage the slothfulness which he condemneth.
A Christian Directory | Baxter Richard
British Dictionary definitions for slothful
/ (ˈsləʊθfʊl) /
indolent
Derived forms of slothful
- slothfully, adverb
- slothfulness, noun
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