Crossword-Solution: SLOTH
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sloth | n. | Slowness; tardiness. |
| Sloth | n. | Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness. |
| Sloth | n. | Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico. |
| Sloth | v. i. | To be idle. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SLOTH | anagram | HOLST, HOLTS, LOSTH |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with SLOTH (5)
But well thou comst Before thy fellows, ambitious to win From me som Plume, that thy success may show Destruction to the rest: this pause between (Unanswerd least thou boast) to let thee know; At first I thought that Libertie and Heav’n To heav’nly Soules had bin all one; but now I see that most through sloth had rather serve, Ministring Spirits, traind up in Feast and Song; Such hast thou arm’d, the Minstrelsie of Heav’n, Servilitie with freedom to contend, As both thir deeds compar’d this day shall prove.
There were other signs of removal about, with queer narrow footprints like those I could imagine made by a sloth.
Then thou shalt suffer in alternate years The new-reaped fields to rest, and on the plain A crust of sloth to harden; or, when stars Are changed in heaven, there sow the golden grain Where erst, luxuriant with its quivering pod, Pulse, or the slender vetch-crop, thou hast cleared, And lupin sour, whose brittle stalks arise, A hurtling forest.
Bagheera would lie out on a branch and call, “Come along, Little Brother,” and at first Mowgli would cling like the sloth, but afterward he would fling himself through the branches almost as boldly as the gray ape.
HOW HAS THIS PROCESS BEEN STOPPED? Anyone who wants to stop this process for a Public Domain Library of information is probably suffering from several of the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, covetousness, lust, anger, greed, envy, and sloth.
Quotes with SLOTH (3)
Stuff your eyes with wonder," he said, "live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping its life away. To hell with that," he said, "shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass.
Maybe God doesn't care if we get all dressed up and sit in the pew every Sunday, as Diana believes. Instead, maybe God comes to us through men like Sloth, watching over us as we make our own decisions. Maybe God has always been with me. Opening doors, leading me to opportunities, letting me choose my own path, and loving me even when I chose the wrong one. Never giving up on me. Knowing all along that I am on a journey. That I must find my own way to Him. Maybe River was righ…
The Prophecy:"The Chosen one possesses a gift That Lucempest needs in order to make a shift. To provide pure sacred life As a concession for his land's strife. If the human soloth seizes wrath This will be the altercation restraining Lucempest fromlaunching on his wicked path. If the Chosen One learns the way, He will prevent his land from having a great debt to pay. When Ira (wrath) vanishes from Lucempest's land Healing will ensue as a component of the great plan. If Lucemp…
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Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 178 times in crossword archives (1946–2025).