n. Function: noun
1 disinclination to action or labor FF1C; a bland sloth- provoking summer day FF1E;
Synonyms: idleness, indolence, laze, laziness, slothfulness, slouch, sluggishness
Related Words: 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 FF1C; the deadly sin of sloth FF1E;
Synonyms: acedia
Related Words: heedlessness, inattention, inattentiveness
Contrasted Words: assiduity