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Meaning of Sloth | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

sləʊθ

Definitions

Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
uncountable
Any animal in the suborder Folivora.
countable, especially, uncountable
Any herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Choloepodidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
countable, especially, uncountable
Any of the extinct group of ground sloths.
countable, uncountable
A group of bears.
collective, countable, rare

Equivalents

العربية الكسل، حيوان السلوث. حيوان ثديي كسلان تلة كسل كسلان

Azərbaycanca ərincək tənbəllik

Български лени́вец мързел

Bosanski lenost

Català accídia mandra peresa peresós

Čeština lenochod lenochodí lenost

Cymraeg diogi diogyn

Dansk dovendyr dovenskab

Deutsch Faulheit Faultier Müßiggang Trägheit

Ελληνικά βραδύπους νωθρότητα τεμπελιά

Esperanto bradipo pigreco

Español caimansote calípedes cúcala cúcula pereza perezoso

Eesti laiskus

فارسی تنبل تنبلی

Suomi laiskiainen laiskuus

Français aï paresse paresseux

Gaeilge aimhleisce leisce

Gàidhlig leisge

Galego doca galbana nugalla preguiza

ગુજરાતી આળસ

עברית עצלן

हिन्दी अकर्मण्यता आलस आलस्य निकम्मापन सुस्ती

Hrvatski lenost

Magyar lajhár lustaság

Հայերեն ծուլություն

Bahasa Indonesia kemalasan kukang kungkang

Íslenska dáðleysi dugleysi leti

Italiano accidia bradipo pigrizia

日本語ナマケモノ怠惰惰気樹懶

ქართული სიზარმაცე

Қазақша жалқауаң

ខ្មែរ កម្ជិល

한국어 게으름 게으름뱅이 나무늘보

Latina pigritia

Lingála ebélá

Lietuvių tinginys

Latviešu sliņķis slinkums

Македонски мрзеливост мрзливец

മലയാളം മടി സ്ലോത്ത്

मराठी आळस

Bahasa Melayu kemalasan

Malti għazz

Nederlands luiaard luiheid traagheid

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਆਲਸ

Polski gnuśność lenistwo leniwiec ociężałość

Português aí aígue bicho-preguiça preguiça unau

Română lene leneș

Русский ленивец леность лень

Slovenščina lenivec

Shqip përtesë

Српски lenost

Svenska lathet lättja lättjefullhet sengångare

Kiswahili slothi uvivu

தமிழ் சோம்பல்

ไทย ความเกียจคร้าน สลอธ สโลธ

Tagalog katamaran

Türkçe meskenet miskinlik tembel hayvan tembellik uyuşukluk

Українська ле́дарство лінивець лінощі лінь

اردو آلسی

Tiếng Việt lưỡi

IsiZulu ubuvila

Examples

“Who having ſpilt much blood, and don much waſte / Subduing Nations, and achievd thereby / Fame in the World, high titles, and rich prey, / Shall change thir courſe to pleaſure, eaſe, and ſloth, / Surfet, and luſt, till wantonneſs and pride / Raiſe out of friendſhip hoſtil deeds in Peace.”

“Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.”

“Mr. Elliot's frank statement that "sloth and untidiness are indefensible" is a sign that the task will be tackled with vigour.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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