sluggish

Other forms of sluggish

comparative

sluggisher·

superlative

sluggishest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sluggish

What does sluggish mean?

sluggish means "moving slowly". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sluggish?

sluggish has 2 syllables: slug-gish. The stress falls on "slug". In IPA it is /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/.

What is another word for sluggish?

Close synonyms include sulky, dull, slow, inert, soggy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sluggish a common word?

sluggish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.