Word Meaning

sloth definition and meaning

n. Slowness; tardiness.
n. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.
n. Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico.
v. i. To be idle.

Crossword clues for sloth

- A deadly sin
- Deadly sin
- indolence
- Keep quiet about a great deal of laziness
- Laziness
- Lazy person
- Sluggish arboreal mammal
- South American mammal
- This lot has shown dreadful laziness
- Very slow mammal