He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
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Slothful
Synonyms for "slothful" (108 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (54)
Related word relations
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Translations
37 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- ленив adj (lazy, sluggish)
- муден adj (lazy, sluggish)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᎾᎵ adj (lazy, sluggish)
Dutch
1 entries- lui adj (lazy, sluggish)
Finnish
2 entries- laiska adj (lazy, sluggish)
- veltto adj (lazy, sluggish)
French
1 entries- paresseux adj (lazy, sluggish)
Galician
4 entries- bostrouco adj (lazy, sluggish)
- broeiro adj (lazy, sluggish)
- galbán adj (lazy, sluggish)
- langrán adj (lazy, sluggish)
German
1 entries- faul adj (lazy, sluggish)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 adj (lazy, sluggish)
Irish
1 entries- leisciúil adj (lazy, sluggish)
Italian
2 entries- indolente adj (lazy, sluggish)
- pigro adj (lazy, sluggish)
Latin
2 entries- ignavus adj (lazy, sluggish)
- pĭger adj (lazy, sluggish)
Māori
1 entries- makuku adj (lazy, sluggish)
Occitan
2 entries- peresós adj (lazy, sluggish)
- pigre adj (lazy, sluggish)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- تنبل adj (lazy, sluggish)
- هایلاز adj (lazy, sluggish)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- ful adj (lazy, sluggish)
- mooj adj (lazy, sluggish)
Swahili
1 entries- vivu adj (lazy, sluggish)
Turkish
4 entries- miskin adj (lazy, sluggish)
- tembel adj (lazy, sluggish)
- uyuz adj (lazy, sluggish)
- uyuşuk adj (lazy, sluggish)
Unami
1 entries- nulhàntëwamàlsi adj (lazy, sluggish)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
This Book will make a Travailer of thee, / If by its Counſel thou wilt ruled be; / It will direct thee to the Holy Land, / If thou wilt its Directions understand: / Yea, it will make the ſloathful, active be; / The Blind alſo, delightful things to ſee.
Source: wiktionary
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