Slothen

/ˈsləʊθən/ · verb

Meaning

(rare, ambitransitive) To make or be slothful..

Definitions by Sense

1. (rare, ambitransitive) To make or be slothful.
2. (rare) Characterised by sloth; lazy.

Example Sentences

I have asked several old Suffolkers the meaning of this expression as used of Suffolk Fairs, and am told that a "Dardee" is a "man that slothens about," i.e., a thriftless vagrant.

I was a laggard this morning, did not rise until 8 o'clock then was slothened for some hours - had some company but got my book and read for several hours.

Nothing (besides Frank Silva) gave this overweight slothened teenager more heebies jeebies in the early 90s like UM.

For how slight and worthless may we justly deem this slothen and counterfeit Glory, wherewith poor, beggarly Art, with so much Cost and Labour, […]

Whether leisure takes on “kamikaze" or “slothen” proportions for the individual may not seem to be the rightful concern of helping professionals.

Yet, there are some Lying lazy and slothen, Some in their mansion, Others in deep depression.

[…] slothen behemoth rotund belly protruding drunken and glass eyed lost in the fantasy of its future.

While popular notions of Black English and Chinese (including pidgin English) may at first appear as polar opposites (cultural deficiency vs. excess), both were ultimately construed as signs of slothen incompetence.

Synonyms for slothen

Antonyms for slothen

Word Forms

• slothens
• slothening
• slothened
• more slothen
• most slothen

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