noun
1.
disinclination to action or labor
a bland sloth- provoking summer day
Synonyms: idleness, indolence, laze, laziness, slothfulness, slouch, sluggishness
Related Word: ergophobia, faineancy, idling, lazing, loafing; apathy, heaviness, languidness, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, torpidity; shiftlessness
Contrasted words: assiduity, assiduousness, busyness, diligence, sedulity, sedulousness
Antonyms: industriousness, industry
2.
sluggishness and apathy in the practice of virtue
the deadly sin of sloth
Synonyms: acedia
Related Word: heedlessness, inattention, inattentiveness
Contrasted words: assiduity