lazy
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
Adjective 4 meanings
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
“Get out of bed, you lazy lout!”
Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
“I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.”
Showing a lack of effort or care.
Sluggish; slow-moving.
“We strolled along beside a lazy stream.”
Verb 1 meaning
To laze, act in a lazy manner.
Noun 1 meaning
A lazy person.
Etymology
Attested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasich (“slack, feeble, lazy”), from las, from Old Saxon lask, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz, *laskaz (“feeble, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“weak”).
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LAZY at a glance
LAZY has 4 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (L 1 + A 1 + Z 10 + Y 4) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,685 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with lazy
All rhymes- CRAZY19
- HAZY19
- SLEAZY18
- MAZY18
- JAZY23
- UNCRAZY21
- GLAZY18
- GAZY17
- QUEAZY27
One letter away
- LADY8
- LACY9
- HAZY19
- LAZE13
- LAZO13
- MAZY18
- JAZY23
- GAZY17
- LAKY11
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