stagnant
/ˈstæɡnənt/
stagnant adjective: lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.
Adjective
stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)
- Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.
- a stagnant pool stagnant water
- Synonyms:
- motionless, stale, standing, still
- Without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactive, stale.
- a stagnant economy stagnant prices
- Their love had turned stagnant.
stagnant meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
stagnant in Tamil
- அசையாத, இயக்கமற்ற, மந்தமான, தேக்க, தேங்கிய
stagnant in Urdu
- فاسد, قائم, ساکن
stagnant in Bengali
- বদ্ধ, নিশ্চল, মন্থর
stagnant in Malayalam
- ഒഴുക്കില്ലാത്ത, മന്ദതയുളള, പുരോഗതിയില്ലാത്ത
More languagesFewer languages
- stagnant in Kannada
- ನಿಂತು ಹೋದ, ಹರಿಯದ, ಪ್ರವಹಿಸದೆ ಇರುವ, ನಿಂತಲ್ಲೆ ಇರುವ
Examples of stagnant in a sentence
- Low cardiac output due to heart failure can lead to stagnant hypoxia.
- Betta splendens comes from further India, where it inhabits stagnant, overgrown waters.
- Stagflation is a period of stagnant economic growth accompanied by persistently high inflation and a sharp rise in unemployment.
Synonyms of stagnant
Forms of stagnant
| comparative | more stagnant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most stagnant |
Origin of stagnant
From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).
Words formed from stagnant
Questions about stagnant
- What does stagnant mean?
- Stagnant means lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.
- What is stagnant in Tamil?
- Stagnant in Tamil is அசையாத, இயக்கமற்ற, மந்தமான. See Stagnant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is stagnant?
- Stagnant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce stagnant?
- Stagnant is pronounced /ˈstæɡnənt/.
Words near stagnant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stagnant (page history and authors); stagnant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stagnant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stagnant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stagnant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stagnant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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