Defenition of the word sloth
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Defenition of the word sloth
- A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
- apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- a disinclination to work or exert yourself
- any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
- any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
Synonyms for the word sloth
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- acedia
- apathy
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- laziness
- slothfulness
- sluggishness
- tree sloth
Similar words in the sloth
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- sloth
- sloth's
- slothed
- slothful
- slothfulness
- slothfulness's
- slothing
- sloths
Meronymys for the word sloth
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- Bradypodidae
- family Bradypodidae
Hyponyms for the word sloth
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- ai
- Bradypus tridactylus
- Choloepus didactylus
- Choloepus hoffmanni
- three-toed sloth
- two-toed sloth
- unai
- unau
Hypernyms for the word sloth
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- deadly sin
- disinclination
- edentate
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- indisposition
- mortal sin
- reluctance
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