Definition of sloth

"sloth" in the noun sense

1. sloth, slothfulness

a disinclination to work or exert yourself

2. sloth, tree sloth

any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits

3. sloth, laziness, acedia

apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

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Quotations for sloth

Sloth is the key to poverty. [ German Proverb ]

Uncurbed ambition, unresisting sloth,
And base dependence, are the fiends accurst. [ Mason ]

The wise and active conquer difficulties,
By daring to attempt them. Sloth and folly
Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazards,
And make the impossibility they fear. [ Rowe ]

Sloth views the towers of fame with envious eyes.
Desirous still, still impotent to rise. [ Shenstone ]

To be rich be diligent; move on
Like heavens great movers that enrich the earth;
Whose moment's sloth would show the world undone;
And make the spring straight bury all her birth.
Rich are the diligent who can command Time - nature's stock. [ Davenant ]

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy. [ Benjamin Franklin ]

Necessity rouses from sloth, and despair is often the cause of hope. [ Rufus ]

Weariness can snore upon the flint, when restive sloth finds the down pillow hard. [ William Shakespeare ]

Speech is a laggard and a sloth; but the eyes shoot out electric fluid that condenses all the elements of sentiment and passion in one single emanation. [ Horace Smith ]

sloth in Scrabble®

The word sloth is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters sloth:

SLOTH
(36)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word sloth

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In sloth

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sloth in Words With Friends™

The word sloth is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters sloth:

SLOTH
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word sloth

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In sloth

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Words within the letters of sloth

2 letter words in sloth (4 words)

3 letter words in sloth (5 words)

4 letter words in sloth (6 words)

5 letter words in sloth (1 word)

sloth + 1 blank (4 words)

Words containing the sequence sloth

Words that start with sloth (5 words)

Words with sloth in them (1 word)

Words that end with sloth (1 word)

Word Growth involving sloth

Shorter words in sloth

lot slot

Longer words containing sloth

slothful slothfully

slothful slothfulness

sloths