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ploddish

ploddish adjective: tending to plod; that moves or proceeds in a slow and laborious manner.

Adjective

ploddish (comparative more ploddish, superlative most ploddish)

  1. Tending to plod; that moves or proceeds in a slow and laborious manner.
    Synonyms:
    plodding, ploddy

Synonyms of ploddish

Forms of ploddish

comparativemore ploddish
superlativemost ploddish

Origin of ploddish

From plod + -ish.

Questions about ploddish

What does ploddish mean?
Ploddish means tending to plod; that moves or proceeds in a slow and laborious manner.
What part of speech is ploddish?
Ploddish is an adjective.

Words near ploddish in the dictionary

  1. plodders
  2. plodding
  3. ploddingly
  4. ploddingness
  5. ploddings
  6. ploddish
  7. ploddy
  8. Plodgate
  9. plodge
  10. plodged
  11. plodges

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