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91glacial — adjective 1) glacial conditions Syn: freezing, cold, icy, ice cold, subzero, frozen, gelid, wintry; arctic, polar, Siberian, hypothermic; bitter, biting, raw; literary chill Ant …
92hesitation — noun she answered without hesitation Syn: hesitancy, uncertainty, unsureness, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness; irresolution, irresoluteness, indecision, indecisiveness, hesitance; equivocation, vacillation, waffling, wavering, second thoughts;… …
93slow — 1. adjective 1) their slow walk home the donkey was annoyingly slow Syn: unhurried, leisurely, steady, sedate, slow moving, downtempo, plodding, dawdling, sluggish, sluggardly, lead footed, poky Ant …
94dilatory — *slow, laggard, deliberate, leisurely Analogous words: procrastinating, delaying, dawdling (see DELAY): *negligent, neglectful, lax, slack, remiss Antonyms: diligent Contrasted words: *busy, assiduous, sedulous, industrious: *quick, prompt, ready …
95haste — n Haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch are comparable when meaning quickness or swiftness in movement or in action. Haste implies quickness or swiftness in persons rather than in machines, vehicles, or methods of transportation; thus, a… …
96hesitation — hesitation, hesitancy are often used interchangeably as meaning a hesitating. But hesitation more often applies to the act or fact or to a sign of hesitating {without hesitation Flora seized her father round the body and pulled back Conrad} {the… …
97idle — adj 1 *vain, nugatory, otiose, empty, hollow Analogous words: fruitless, bootless, *futile, vain: *ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious: trivial, paltry, *petty, trifling Contrasted words: significant, pregnant, meaningful (see …
98indefatigable — indefatigable, tireless, weariless, untiring, unwearying, unwearied, unflagging are comparable in their basic meaning of not feeling or manifesting fatigue, but they are closer synonyms in their extended sense of capable of prolonged and arduous… …
99laggard — adj dilatory, *slow, leisurely, deliberate Analogous words: dawdling, loitering, delaying, procrastinating (see DELAY): *lethargic, sluggish, comatose: phlegmatic, apathetic, *impassive Antonyms: prompt, quick Contrasted words: alert, wide awake …
100lazy — lazy, indolent, slothful, faineant are comparable primarily as applied to persons, their powers, movements, and actions, but also in some degree to things. All mean not easily aroused to action or activity. Lazy especially when applied to persons …
