HyperDic: sloth

English > 3 senses of the word *sloth*:
NOUN	attribute	sloth, slothfulness	a disinclination to work or exert yourself
	animal	sloth, tree sloth	any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America
	act	sloth, laziness, acedia	apathy / apathy and inactivity / inactivity in the practice of virtue / virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

sloth > pronunciation
Sounds	slow'th
Rhymes	both ... undergrowth: 10 rhymes with owth...

English > *sloth*: 3 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	A disinclination to work or exert yourself.
Synonym	slothfulness
Broader	reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition	A certain degree of unwillingness
Spanish	desidia, pereza
Catalan	mandra

English > *sloth*: 3 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaning	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.
Synonym	tree sloth
Member of	Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae	A family of edentates comprising the true sloths
Narrower	three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus tridactylus	A sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot
	two-toed sloth, unau, unai, Choloepus didactylus	relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot
	two-toed sloth, unau, unai, Choloepus hoffmanni	A sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot
Broader	edentate	Primitive terrestrial / terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth
Spanish	pereza, perezoso
Catalan	peresós

English > *sloth*: 3 senses > noun 3, act
Meaning	apathy / apathy and inactivity / inactivity in the practice of virtue / virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
Synonyms	laziness, acedia
Broader	mortal sin, deadly sin	An unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
Spanish	acedia, pereza
Catalan	accídia, mandra, peresa

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