sloth
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sloth
- /slɒθ/ UK
- /sləʊθ/ UK, dated
- /slɔθ/ Canada, US
- /sloʊθ/ Canada, US
- /slɑθ/ cot caught merger
- /slɒθ/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -əʊθ, -ɒθ
Where it comes from
From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).
noun sloths · sleuth · sloath · slowth
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Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
Hot summer days inspire a sense of sloth in me.
Similar: acedia, slothfulness · Opposite: diligence, liveliness
- Any member of species of the families Choloepodidae and Bradypodidae of herbivorous, arboreal South American mammals, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
- Any of the extinct group of ground sloths.
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A group of bears.
"Thirteen!" interrupted Gavan in surprise. "Isn't that a large number for a sloth of bears?" "It certainly is," the hunter answered, "six is as many as I ever saw together. Maybe the tracks looked like a lot more. That happens.
Similar: sleuth
Similar: tardigrade
verb sloths · slothing · slothed · sleuth · sloath
- To be idle; to idle (away time). He has been slothing this whole weekend.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: laziness, slothfulness, acedia, tree sloth, idleness, resty, chunk, toed, cat, unau, nielsen, sloath, slowth, accidie, laze, slackerism
noun
Similar: tardigrade
Translations
Every language
noun laziness
| Español | pereza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 게으름 geeureum |
| 日本語 | 怠惰 taida |
| 中文 | 懶惰 /懒惰 lǎnduò |
| हिन्दी | आलस्य ālasya |
| Kiswahili | uvivu |
| Português | preguiça |
| Français | paresse |
| Deutsch | Trägheit, Faulheit, Müßiggang |
| Italiano | pigrizia, accidia |
| Ελληνικά | νωθρότητα nothrótita, τεμπελιά tempeliá |
| Română | lene |
| Русский | лень lenʹ, ле́ность lénostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | lười |
| العربية | كَسَل kasal |
| עברית | עצלות ‘atzlút, עצלנות ‘atzlanút |
noun mammal
| Español | perezoso, pereza, cúcula, caimansote, calípedes, cúcala |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 나무늘보 namuneulbo |
| 日本語 | ナマケモノ namakemono, 樹懶 namakemono |
| 中文 | 樹懶 /树懒 shùlǎn |
| हिन्दी | स्लॉथ slŏth |
| Kiswahili | mwendapole, slothi |
| Português | bicho-preguiça, preguiça, aí, aígue, unau |
| Français | paresseux, aï |
| Deutsch | Faultier |
| Italiano | bradipo |
| Ελληνικά | βραδύπους vradýpous |
| Română | leneș |
| Русский | лени́вец lenívec |
| Tiếng Việt | lười |
| العربية | كَسْلَان kaslān |
| עברית | עַצְלָן atslán |
Talk about this word "sloth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sloth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sloth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sloth "sloth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sloth.Cite this
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title = {sloth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sloth},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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