All slow synonyms
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S s adjective slow
- nitwitted β Being like a nitwit; being stupid or foolish.
- numbskulled β (informal) stupid.
- windless β without wind; calm: a windless summer afternoon.
- yawner β a person who yawns.
- groggy β staggering, as from exhaustion or blows: a boxer groggy from his opponent's hard left jab.
- laggard β a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
- drony β (of a sound) Dronelike.
- wimpy β of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- coldhearted β lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- deliberate β If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
- heavy β of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- dim β DIM statement
- dragging β marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex; transvestite.
adj slow
- against the grain β contrary to one's feelings, nature, wishes, etc.; irritating or displeasing
- halting β Archaic. lame; limping.
- butterfingered β a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
- gentle β kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- indolent β having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful: an indolent person.
- gorked β Heavily sedated; knocked out.
- late β occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- lethargic β of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- long β having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
- dozy β drowsy; half asleep.
- in clover β any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- lymphatic β pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- imbecile β Informal. a dunce; blockhead; dolt: Don't stand there like an imbecile. Open the door!.
- inapt β not apt or fitting.
- gawkish β awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- easy β not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
- fatheaded β foolish; fatuous; witless.
- birdbrained β a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- easy-going β calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- lifeless β not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- ill-conceived β badly conceived or planned: an ill-conceived project.
verb slow
- lay back β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- idled β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- hold in β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- dulling β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- intermitted β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- beat around the bush β to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- jellied β containing or made, spread, or topped with jelly or syrup; jellied: jelly apples.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- lay over β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- anaesthetize β When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.
- inhibit β to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- ease off β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- inching β a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- cool out β to relax and cool down
- koing β a knockout in boxing.