sloths

Noun

sloth (countable and uncountable, plural sloths)

1. (uncountable) Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
   • Hot summer days inspire a sense of sloth in me.

   Synonyms:

   acedia, slothfulness

   Antonyms:

   diligence, liveliness

2. (especially) Any member of species of the families Choloepodidae and Bradypodidae of herbivorous, arboreal South American mammals, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
3. Any of the extinct group of ground sloths.
4. (collective, countable, rare) A group of bears.
   • "Thirteen!" interrupted Gavan in surprise. "Isn't that a large number for a sloth of bears?" "It certainly is," the hunter answered, "six is as many as I ever saw together. Maybe the tracks looked like a lot more. That happens.1919, Francis Rolt-Wheeler, The Boy with the U.S. Trappers, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, page 266

   Synonyms:

   sleuth

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