lazy

Adjective
Synonyms: faineantindolentotioseslothfulwork-shy

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. moving slowly and gently“up a lazy river”“lazy white clouds”“at a lazy pace”
  2. disinclined to work or exertion“faineant kings under whose rule the country languished”“an indolent hanger-on”“too lazy to wash the dishes”“shiftless idle youth”“slothful employees”“the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy”Synonyms: faineantindolentotioseslothfulwork-shy
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lazy \La"zy\, a. [Compar. Lazier; superl. Laziest.] [OE. lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L. lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.]

1.Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2.Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. "The night owl's lazy flight." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.

Syn: Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See Idle. [1913 Webster]

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