[syn: stagnant, moribund]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stagnant \Stag"nant\ (-nant), a. [L. stagnans, -antis, p. pr. of
stagnare. See Stagnate.]
1. That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or
steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of
motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the
veins.
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2. Not active or brisk; dull; as, business is stagnant.
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That gloomy slumber of the stagnant soul. --Johnson.
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For him a stagnant life was not worth living.
--Palfrey.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stagnant
adj 1: not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water";
"stagnant water" [syn: dead(a), stagnant]
2: not growing or changing; without force or vitality [syn:
stagnant, moribund]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "stagnant":
abeyant, apathetic, benumbed, blase, bored, cataleptic, catatonic,
contaminated, contemplative, dead, debilitated, dirty, do-nothing,
dopey, dormant, droopy, drugged, dull, enervated, exanimate,
filthy, flat, foul, groggy, heavy, hebetudinous, idle, immobile,
in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inanimate, inert, jaded,
lackadaisical, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, languid, languorous,
latent, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, logy, lumpish,
meditative, moribund, motionless, neuter, neutral, numb, paralytic,
paralyzed, passive, phlegmatic, polluted, pooped, procrastinating,
putrefied, putrescent, putrid, quiescent, quiet, quietist,
quietistic, sated, sedentary, slack, sleeping, sleepy, slow,
sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, somnolent, stagnating, stale,
standing, standpat, static, stationary, still, stultified, supine,
suspended, tame, torpid, unaroused, unmoving, vegetable,
vegetative, wan, weary, world-weary