slackness

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) The state of being slack; the quality of having slack.
2. (uncountable, usually) Vulgarity in West Indian culture.
3. (uncountable, usually) A subgenre of dancehall music with sexual lyrics.

Synonyms

looseness

laxity

slack

sluggishness

sloth

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enervation

laxness

limpness

lethargy

laziness

idleness

inanition

remissness

slothfulness

flabbiness

carelessness

lassitude

unsteadiness

atonia

atony

bagginess

flexibility

indolence

inertia

languor

listlessness

relaxation

shiftlessness

slovenliness

slowness

abatement

Translations

descuido

négligence

fiacchezza

Schlaffheit

rilassatezza

indolenza

flojedad

fluixesa

fluixedat

letargia

λήθαργος

ατονία

νωθρότητα

χαλάρωση

Spiel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈslæknəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: slacnesse

Cognate with Old English: slæcness

In summary

From Middle English slacnesse, slakenes, slaknesse; equivalent to slack + -ness. Compare Old English slæcness.