LAZYISH Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

lazyish

adjective

Definition of lazyish

as in sluggish

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Adjective

But a sluggish start quickly derailed his round, as bogeys on two of his first three holes dropped him behind the cut line.

— Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
This stock has been a real dog, hurt by the sluggish housing market and tariffs.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Definition of sluggish

Adjective

Signs of heat stroke in dogs include heavy panting and drooling, being weak or lethargic, bright red gums and bloodshot eyes.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 29 June 2026
When to Contact a Wildlife Rehabilitator Always contact a wildlife rehabilitator if the turtle appears injured, such as having a cracked shell, or seems lethargic or sick.

— Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026

Definition of lethargic

Adjective

His long white oval scleras and perfect-circle black pupils, sometimes open and sometimes closed, are always inexplicably expressive—managing to seem happy, sad, scared, sleepy, shifty, angry, eager, alarmed, mischievous, or murderous.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
Hualde says that some Pamplona residents rue his early promotion of the festival due to the ills of overtourism the sleepy provincial city is now experiencing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026

Definition of sleepy

Adjective

Originally supposed to fly Sierra Space Dream Chaser test flight, but payload switched to an inert mass simulator because of potential Dream Chaser delays beyond October launch date.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
To the extent that their fellow-citizens refer to them at all, our government functionaries are perceived not as active agents of change but as inert, self-protecting obstructions.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of inert

Adjective

Women weren't interested, as is typically the case with superhero films, and men were either put off by Alcock's divisive comments, or apathetic after seeing the underwhelming trailers.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Seven years later, he has been injured, apathetic, entitled, disconnected and generally nothing but a pain in the backside for a reenergized franchise that deserved so much better.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of apathetic

Adjective

For galaxies with a quiescent supermassive black hole, astronomers measure how quickly the stars tightly packed near the center of the galaxy are traveling.

— Mary Ogborn, The Conversation, 25 June 2026
As oil prices drop with the Iran war quiescent, US consumers might hope price rises could level off.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of quiescent

Adjective

Allergy drugs can ease those symptoms and make people drowsy, potentially offering relief from insomnia.

— Kara Smythe, EverydayHealth.com, 15 May 2026
Fleets that deployed the company's AI dash cams, which detect drowsy or distracted driving, saw a 73% reduction in accidents after 30 months, according to company data from more than 2,600 customers.

— TIME Contributors, Time, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of drowsy

Adjective

But the maneuver failed to budge Comcast’s listless stock, which has languished for years as its primary business lost thousands of broadband customers.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
The length exacerbates all the rest of the series' sins, including a lack of emotional depth, gratuitous suffering and violence, long stretches of boring, listless plotting and extraneous characters.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 June 2026

Definition of listless

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