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Search phrase: slug

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.ii.203Dromio, thou Dromio, thou snail, thou slug, thou sot.Dromio, thou Dromio, thou snaile, thou slug, thou sot. 
CymbelineCym IV.ii.205The ooze, to show what coast thy sluggish careThe Ooze, to shew what Coast thy sluggish care
Richard IIR2 III.ii.84Awake, thou coward majesty; thou sleepest.Awake thou sluggard Maiestie, thou sleepest:
Richard IIIR3 III.i.22Fie, what a slug is Hastings that he comes notFie, what a Slug is Hastings, that he comes not
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.226That you have ta'en a tardy sluggard here.That you haue tane a tardie sluggard heere?
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.v.2Why, lamb! Why, lady! Fie, you slug-a-bed!Why Lambe, why Lady? fie you sluggabed,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.7Than, living dully sluggardized at home,Then (liuing dully sluggardiz'd at home)

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1278 ‘ The more to blame my sluggard negligence. The more to blame my sluggard negligence.

Glossary

 21 result(s).
bed-pressersluggard, lazy fellow
behindhandbackward, tardy, sluggish
drumbledawdle, loiter, move sluggishly
dulldead, lifeless, sluggish, inactive
dullness, dulnesslethargy, sluggishness, inactivity
flaggingdrooping, pendulous, sluggish
heavyslow-moving, sluggish, laggard
lownrogue, sluggard; worthless idiot
muddy[of a young deer] sluggish, lazy
muddy-mettledsluggish, dull-spirited
restylazy, sluggish
resty-stiffstiff because too rested, sluggish
saplessfeeble, sluggish, lacking vigour
slow-gaitedslow-moving, sluggish
slugsluggard, lazy fellow
slug-abedlazy-bones
sluggardizedlike a sluggard, made lazy
stiffunsupple, unathletic; or: lethargic, sluggish
stilllethargic, indolent, sluggish
tardy-gaitedslow-moving, sluggish
unactiveinactive, slothful, sluggish

Thesaurus

 21 result(s).
move sluggishlydrumble
sluggardbed-presser
sluggardslug
sluggard, like asluggardized
sluggard; worthless idiotlown
sluggishbehindhand
sluggishdull
sluggishflagging
sluggishheavy
sluggishmuddy
sluggishmuddy-mettled
sluggishresty
sluggishresty-stiff
sluggishsapless
sluggishslow-gaited
sluggishstiff
sluggishstill
sluggishtardy-gaited
sluggishunactive
sluggishly, movedrumble
sluggishnessdullness, dulness

Themes and Topics

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Politeness...entlemen / that you have ta’en a tardy sluggard here mercy i cry you 1...

Words Families

 6 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BEDPEOPLEslug-abed m
SLUGBASICslug n, sluggard n, sluggardized adj, sluggish adj
SLUGPEOPLEslug-abed adj

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