"Sluggish" is a term used to describe something that is slow, inactive, or lacking in movement. Antonyms for this word could be: Active, dynamic, energetic, lively, nimble, quick, sprightly, vigorous, or zippy. If something is not sluggish, it means that it has a fast-paced, lively, or upbeat quality. A person who is not sluggish is active, energetic, or lively. A business or economy that is not sluggish is dynamic and thriving. In conclusion, identifying antonyms for the word "sluggish" helps to paint a picture of something that is active, vibrant, or lively.

What are the antonyms for Sluggish?

• adj.

  • active
  • Exertive
  ,
  • at work
  ,
  • fireball
  ,
  • hard working
  ,
  • hard-working
  ,
  • high spirited
  ,
  • in force
  ,
  • in play
  ,
  • in process
  ,
  • in tense
  ,
  • in tenser
  ,
  • in-tense
  ,
  • in-tenser
  ,
  • in-tensest
  ,
  • more astir
  ,
  • more bustling
  ,
  • more enlivened
  ,
  • more exertive
  ,
  • more fireball
  ,
  • more hard-working
  ,
  • more hyper
  ,
  • more impelling
  ,
  • more shifting
  ,
  • more speeding
  ,
  • more streaming
  ,
  • more swarming
  ,
  • more turning
  ,
  • most astir
  ,
  • most bustling
  ,
  • most enlivened
  ,
  • most exertive
  ,
  • most fireball
  ,
  • most hard working
  ,
  • most hard-working
  ,
  • most impelling
  ,
  • most shifting
  ,
  • most speeding
  ,
  • most streaming
  ,
  • most swarming
  ,
  • most turning
  ,
  • on move
  ,
  • on the move
  ,
  • re solute
  ,
  • re-solute
  ,
  • running
  ,
  • shifting
  ,
  • swarming
  ,
  • whizer
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  • whizest
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  • active, vivacious
  • spry
  .
  • adept, effective
  • efficient
  .
  • agile
  • Spright
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  • easy moving
  ,
  • easy-moving
  ,
  • easymoving
  ,
  • more easy moving
  ,
  • more easymoving
  ,
  • most easy moving
  ,
  • most easy-moving
  ,
  • most easymoving
  ,
  • quick draw
  ,
  • quick on draw
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  • quick on the draw
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  • quick on the trigger
  ,
  • quick on trigger
  ,
  • quick the draw
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  • quick the trigger
  ,
  • quick trigger
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  • quick witted
  ,
  • quickwitted
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  • sprighter
  ,
  • sprightest
  ,
  • twinkle toes
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  • agile; prepared to participate in sports
  • athletic
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  • alert
  • all ears
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  • fast draw
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  • fast on draw
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  • fast on the draw
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  • fast the draw
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  • good hands
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  • heads up
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  • jazzed
  ,
  • more careful
  ,
  • more intelligent
  ,
  • more jazzed
  ,
  • most jazzed
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  • observant
  ,
  • on job
  ,
  • on lookout
  ,
  • on one toes
  ,
  • on one's toes
  ,
  • on ones toes
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  • on qui vive
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  • on the job
  ,
  • on the lookout
  ,
  • on the qui vive
  ,
  • on toes
  ,
  • psyched up
  ,
  • switched on
  ,
  • wide awake
  ,
  • wideawake
  ,
  • wisest
  .
  • alive
  • lively
  ,
  • more around
  ,
  • more eager
  ,
  • more zestful
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  • more zoetic
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  • most around
  ,
  • most subsisting
  ,
  • most zestful
  ,
  • most zoetic
  ,
  • over flowing
  ,
  • over-flowing
  ,
  • replete
  ,
  • zestful
  ,
  • zoetic
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  • alive, colorful
  • vibrant
  .
  • animated
  • ex cited
  ,
  • ex-cited
  ,
  • more activated
  ,
  • more energized
  ,
  • more vitalized
  ,
  • most activated
  ,
  • most energized
  ,
  • most vitalized
  ,
  • zingiest
  ,
  • zingy
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  • athletic
  • able bodied
  ,
  • ablebodied
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  • attentive, lively
  • alert
  .
  • being animately existent
  • alive
  .
  • brief
  • more curtailed
  ,
  • most curtailed
  ,
  • short lived
  ,
  • short term
  ,
  • shortlived
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  • dexterous, smart
  • nimble
  .
  • direct, speedy
  • express
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  • dull, slow-moving
  • active
  ,
  • busy
  ,
  • energetic
  ,
  • fast
  ,
  • moving
  ,
  • spirited
  .
  • early, responsive
  • prompt
  .
  • efficient
  • equal to
  ,
  • familiar with
  ,
  • good at
  ,
  • good for
  ,
  • more well organized
  ,
  • more well-organized
  ,
  • most well organized
  ,
  • most well-organized
  ,
  • most wellorganized
  ,
  • well organized
  ,
  • well-organized
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  • energetic
  • ball fire
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  • ball of fire
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  • demoniac
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  • forcible
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  • hardy
  ,
  • highpowered
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  • more demoniac
  ,
  • more red blooded
  ,
  • more red-blooded
  ,
  • more redblooded
  ,
  • most demoniac
  ,
  • most red blooded
  ,
  • most red-blooded
  ,
  • most redblooded
  ,
  • red blooded
  ,
  • red-blooded
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  • redblooded
  ,
  • stalwart
  ,
  • strenuous
  ,
  • un flagging
  ,
  • un tiring
  ,
  • un-flagging
  ,
  • un-tiring
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  • energetic, powerful
  • vigorous
  .
  • energetic, vigorous
  • live
  .
  • essential
  • vital
  .
  • existing, active
  • living
  .
  • express
  • ex press
  ,
  • ex-press
  ,
  • high speed
  ,
  • highspeed
  ,
  • more high speed
  ,
  • more highspeed
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  • more velocious
  ,
  • most high speed
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  • most high-speed
  ,
  • most highspeed
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  • most velocious
  ,
  • non-stop
  ,
  • velocious
  .
  • fast
  • BLUE STREAK
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  • Lickety Split
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  • chop chop
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  • chop-chop
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  • chopchop
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  • double-time
  ,
  • doubletime
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  • hairtrigger
  ,
  • hyper sonic
  ,
  • hyper-sonic
  ,
  • hypersonic
  ,
  • in a jiffy
  ,
  • in jiffy
  ,
  • like a bat out hell
  ,
  • like a bat out of hell
  ,
  • like all get out
  ,
  • like bat out hell
  ,
  • like crazy
  ,
  • like get out
  ,
  • like mad
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  • more chop chop
  ,
  • more chop-chop
  ,
  • more chopchop
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  • more double time
  ,
  • more double-time
  ,
  • more doubletime
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  • more expeditive
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  • more hairtrigger
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  • more hypersonic
  ,
  • more speedball
  ,
  • more supersonic
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  • most chop-chop
  ,
  • most chopchop
  ,
  • most double time
  ,
  • most doubletime
  ,
  • most expeditive
  ,
  • most flashing
  ,
  • most hairtrigger
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  • most hypersonic
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  • most speedball
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  • most supersonic
  ,
  • on double
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  • post haste
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  • screamin'
  ,
  • snapper
  ,
  • snappest
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  • speedball
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  • super sonic
  ,
  • super-sonic
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  • supersonic
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  • fast, quick
  • speedy
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  • fast-moving; active
  • brisk
  .
  • fleet
  • Barreling
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  • like greased lightning
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  • more nimble-footed
  ,
  • more nimblefooted
  ,
  • more screaming
  ,
  • most barreling
  ,
  • most nimble-footed
  ,
  • most nimblefooted
  ,
  • most screaming
  ,
  • nimble footed
  ,
  • nimble-footed
  ,
  • nimblefooted
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  • fresh
  • spanking
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  • hasty
  • head long
  ,
  • head-long
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  • illadvised
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  • in cautious
  ,
  • in-cautious
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  • more harefooted
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  • more quickened
  ,
  • more quickie
  ,
  • more slambang
  ,
  • most harefooted
  ,
  • most quickened
  ,
  • most quickie
  ,
  • most slambang
  .
  • healthy, powerful
  • strong
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  • intelligent
  • smart
  .
  • live
  • un settled
  ,
  • un-settled
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  • lively
  • animated
  .
  • living
  • in use
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  • more developing
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  • more persisting
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  • more ticking
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  • most ticking
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  • noun
  • Careering
  ,
  • Rocketing
  ,
  • accelerated
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  • assiduous
  ,
  • employed
  ,
  • engaged
  ,
  • hardworking
  ,
  • hurried
  ,
  • hurrying
  ,
  • kinetic
  ,
  • meteoric
  ,
  • occupied
  ,
  • quickened
  ,
  • racing
  ,
  • rushed
  ,
  • rushing
  ,
  • scooting
  ,
  • scudding
  ,
  • scurrying
  ,
  • sedulous
  ,
  • speeding
  ,
  • whirling
  ,
  • working
  ,
  • zipping
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  • physically or mentally nimble, deft
  • agile
  .
  • prompt
  • on button
  ,
  • on dot
  ,
  • on the button
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  • on the dot
  ,
  • un hesitating
  ,
  • un-hesitating
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  • quick
  • Expeditive
  ,
  • a move on
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  • all there
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  • harefooted
  ,
  • instantaneous
  ,
  • lead out
  ,
  • more nimble witted
  ,
  • more nimble-witted
  ,
  • more nimblewitted
  ,
  • most nimble witted
  ,
  • most nimble-witted
  ,
  • most nimblewitted
  ,
  • move it
  ,
  • nimble witted
  ,
  • nimble-witted
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  • post-haste
  ,
  • quick
  ,
  • quick on the uptake
  ,
  • quick on uptake
  ,
  • quick the uptake
  ,
  • quick uptake
  ,
  • quickest
  ,
  • sharp as a tack
  ,
  • sharp as tack
  ,
  • smart as a whip
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  • smart as whip
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  • the lead out
  .
  • rapid
  • fleet foot
  ,
  • fleet of foot
  ,
  • light footed
  ,
  • light-footed
  ,
  • like a house on fire
  ,
  • like house fire
  ,
  • more light footed
  ,
  • more light-footed
  ,
  • more lightfooted
  ,
  • most light footed
  ,
  • most light-footed
  ,
  • most lightfooted
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  • quick as a wink
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  • quick as wink
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  • really rolling
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  • ready
  • re sourceful
  .
  • rousing
  • chirpier
  ,
  • chirpiest
  ,
  • chirpy
  ,
  • full of pep
  ,
  • full pep
  ,
  • more buzzing
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  • short in time
  • brief
  .
  • skillful, intelligent
  • ready
  .
  • smart
  • eggheaded
  ,
  • long haired
  ,
  • long-haired
  ,
  • more cracking
  ,
  • more eggheaded
  ,
  • more genius
  ,
  • more long-haired
  ,
  • more longhaired
  ,
  • most cracking
  ,
  • most eggheaded
  ,
  • most long haired
  ,
  • most longhaired
  ,
  • skuller
  ,
  • skullest
  .
  • snappy
  • dis agreeable
  ,
  • dis-agreeable
  ,
  • flyest
  ,
  • in good taste
  ,
  • more on the spot
  ,
  • more on-the-spot
  ,
  • most on the spot
  ,
  • most on-the-spot
  ,
  • on the spot
  ,
  • on-the-spot
  ,
  • quicktempered
  ,
  • snappy
  ,
  • un-premeditated
  ,
  • up to the minute
  ,
  • with style
  .
  • speedy
  • Rapid-fire
  ,
  • alacritous
  ,
  • more quick fire
  ,
  • more quick-fire
  ,
  • more quickfire
  ,
  • more rapid fire
  ,
  • more rapidfire
  ,
  • most alacritous
  ,
  • most quick fire
  ,
  • most quickfire
  ,
  • most rapid fire
  ,
  • most rapid-fire
  ,
  • most rapidfire
  ,
  • most ultrasonic
  ,
  • quick fire
  ,
  • quick-fire
  ,
  • rapid fire
  ,
  • rapidfire
  ,
  • ultra sonic
  ,
  • ultra-sonic
  ,
  • ultrasonic
  .
  • speedy; without much thought
  • hasty
  .
  • spry
  • in full swing
  ,
  • more rocking
  ,
  • most rocking
  ,
  • on go
  ,
  • on the go
  .
  • strong
  • hard as nails
  ,
  • heavy-duty
  ,
  • in fine feather
  ,
  • more heavy duty
  ,
  • more heavy-duty
  ,
  • more heavyduty
  ,
  • more well built
  ,
  • more well-built
  ,
  • more wellbuilt
  ,
  • most heavy-duty
  ,
  • most heavyduty
  ,
  • most well built
  ,
  • most well-built
  ,
  • most wellbuilt
  ,
  • un yielding
  ,
  • un-yielding
  ,
  • well built
  ,
  • well made
  ,
  • well-built
  ,
  • wellbuilt
  ,
  • wellfounded
  ,
  • wellmade
  .
  • sudden
  • Subito
  ,
  • flashest
  ,
  • more speeded
  ,
  • more subito
  ,
  • most speeded
  ,
  • most subito
  ,
  • out blue
  ,
  • out of blue
  ,
  • un usual
  ,
  • un-foreseen
  ,
  • un-usual
  .
  • swift
  • Barrelling
  ,
  • double quick
  ,
  • double-quick
  ,
  • doublequick
  ,
  • fleet footed
  ,
  • fleet-footed
  ,
  • fleetfooted
  ,
  • in nothing flat
  ,
  • more alacritous
  ,
  • more barrelling
  ,
  • more double quick
  ,
  • more double-quick
  ,
  • more doublequick
  ,
  • more fleet footed
  ,
  • more fleet-footed
  ,
  • more fleetfooted
  ,
  • most barrelling
  ,
  • most double quick
  ,
  • most double-quick
  ,
  • most doublequick
  ,
  • most fleet footed
  ,
  • most fleet-footed
  ,
  • most fleetfooted
  ,
  • shaking a leg
  ,
  • shaking leg
  ,
  • un expected
  ,
  • un-expected
  .
  • unexpected; happening quickly
  • sudden
  .
  • very fast
  • swift
  ,
  • whirlwind
  .
  • very quick
  • rapid
  .
  • vibrant
  • more electrifying
  ,
  • most electrifying
  ,
  • zestier
  ,
  • zestiest
  ,
  • zesty
  .
  • vigorous
  • hard driving
  ,
  • hard-driving
  ,
  • harddriving
  ,
  • more bouncing
  ,
  • more hard driving
  ,
  • more hard-driving
  ,
  • more harddriving
  ,
  • more steamroller
  ,
  • more take charge
  ,
  • more take over
  ,
  • more take-charge
  ,
  • more takecharge
  ,
  • more takeover
  ,
  • most bouncing
  ,
  • most hard driving
  ,
  • most hard-driving
  ,
  • most harddriving
  ,
  • most steamroller
  ,
  • most take charge
  ,
  • most take over
  ,
  • most take-charge
  ,
  • most take-over
  ,
  • most takecharge
  ,
  • most takeover
  ,
  • strong as ox
  ,
  • take charge
  ,
  • take over
  ,
  • takecharge
  .
  • vital
  • bottom-line
  ,
  • bottomline
  ,
  • coal and ice
  ,
  • coal-and-ice
  ,
  • generative
  ,
  • in dispensable
  ,
  • in-dispensable
  ,
  • invigorative
  ,
  • life giving
  ,
  • life or death
  ,
  • life-giving
  ,
  • life-or-death
  ,
  • lifegiving
  ,
  • meat-and-potatoes
  ,
  • more bottom-line
  ,
  • more coal-and-ice
  ,
  • more invigorative
  ,
  • more life giving
  ,
  • more life or death
  ,
  • more life-giving
  ,
  • more life-or-death
  ,
  • more lifegiving
  ,
  • more meat-and-potatoes
  ,
  • more name of the game
  ,
  • more name-of-the-game
  ,
  • more nitty gritty
  ,
  • more nittygritty
  ,
  • more underlined
  ,
  • most bottom line
  ,
  • most bottom-line
  ,
  • most coal and ice
  ,
  • most coal-and-ice
  ,
  • most generative
  ,
  • most invigorative
  ,
  • most life giving
  ,
  • most life or death
  ,
  • most life-or-death
  ,
  • most lifegiving
  ,
  • most meat-and-potatoes
  ,
  • most name of the game
  ,
  • most nitty gritty
  ,
  • most nitty-gritty
  ,
  • most nittygritty
  ,
  • most underlined
  ,
  • name-of-the-game
  ,
  • namer
  ,
  • nitty gritty
  ,
  • nittygritty
  ,
  • pre-requisite
  ,
  • re quired
  ,
  • re-quired
  ,
  • under lined
  ,
  • under-lined
  .
  • whirlwind
  • cyclonic
  ,
  • more cyclonic
  ,
  • more lightning
  ,
  • more tornado
  ,
  • most cyclonic
  ,
  • most hurricane
  ,
  • most lightning
  ,
  • most tornado
  .

• n.

  • go-ahead
  • go-ahead
  .
  • noun
  • split second
  .

Usage examples for Sluggish

Famous quotes with Sluggish

• The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

  John W. Gardner
• In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to grant such outlandish subsidies to some of our Nation's largest corporations.

  Ron Kind
• I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.

  Brian May
• Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.

  Ovid
• The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher taxes, sluggish growth, and a jobless recovery.

  Karl Rove

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