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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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        extension, originally made for picking up something at a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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
     2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
        ``The night owl's lazy flight.'' --Shak.
  
     3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  lazy
       adj 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" [syn: faineant, indolent, otiose, slothful,
           work-shy]
       [also: laziest, lazier]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  lazy
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 τεμπέλης, οκνηρός
     2 νωθρός, βαριεστημένος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  lazy
     a.
     1 Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
     2 Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
     3 Showing a lack of effort or care.
     4 Sluggish; slow-moving.
     5 lax:
     6 # droopy.
     7 # (lb en optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of
  the eye muscles.
     8 (lb en of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal
  instead of vertical.
     n.
     A lazy person.
     vb.
     (lb en informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  lazy
     a.
     1 Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
     2 Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
     3 Showing a lack of effort or care.
     4 Sluggish; slow-moving.
     5 lax:
     6 # droopy.
     7 # (lb en optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of
  the eye muscles.
     8 (lb en of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal
  instead of vertical.
     n.
     A lazy person.
     vb.
     (lb en informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  lazy
     a.
     1 Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
     2 Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
     3 Showing a lack of effort or care.
     4 Sluggish; slow-moving.
     5 lax:
     6 # droopy.
     7 # (lb en optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of
  the eye muscles.
     8 (lb en of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal
  instead of vertical.
     n.
     A lazy person.
     vb.
     (lb en informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  lazy
     a.
     1 Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
     2 Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
     3 Showing a lack of effort or care.
     4 Sluggish; slow-moving.
     5 lax:
     6 # droopy.
     7 # (lb en optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of
  the eye muscles.
     8 (lb en of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal
  instead of vertical.
     n.
     A lazy person.
     vb.
     (lb en informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  lazy
     Englanti a.
     1 laiska
     2 joutilas

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  lazy
     Engelska a.
     lat, lättjefull

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/
  lui

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Lazy /lˈeɪzi/
  كسلان

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  lazy //ˈleɪzi// 
  лени́в, мързели́в
  unwilling to work

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/
  líný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/
  lenivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/ 
  zahálčivý

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/ 
  diog 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/
  faul, langsam, träge 
        "be lazy about doing sth."  - zu faul sein, etw. zu tun
        "be too lazy to indicate / signal"  - blinkfaul sein
   see: lazier, laziest
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/
  nichtstuend 
     Synonyms: idle, do-nothing, loafing, inactive
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/
  
  τεμπέλης, νωχελής

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  lazy //ˈleɪzi// 
  1. makaava
  cattle brand: horizontal
  2. rauhallinen, unelias
  causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely
  3. karsastava
  eye: squinting because of weak muscles
  4. laiska
  unwilling to work

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/ 
  1. आलसी
        "You lazy fellow! Why not get ready to go to work."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/
  lijen, lijeni, nemaran

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/
  1. tunya
  2. henyélô
  3. lusta

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  lazy //ˈleɪzi// 
  malas
  unwilling to work

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/
  pigro

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  lazy //ˈleɪzi// 
  怠惰, ナマケモノ, ぐうたら
  unwilling to work

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  lazy /leiziː/
  piger

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  lazy /'leızı/ 
  tingus

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  lazy /leiziː/
  lui

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  lazy //ˈleɪzi// 
  lat
  unwilling to work

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  lazy /ˈleɪzɪ/ 
    leniwy

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  lazy /leiziː/ 
  indolente, mandrião, negligente, preguiçoso

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  lazy /leiziː/
  holgazán

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  lazy //ˈleɪzi// 
  1. lat, slapp, sömnig
  causing idleness; relaxed or leisurely
  2. lat, slö
  unwilling to work

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  lazy /lˈeɪzi/
  1. tembel, aylak, uyuşuk, gevşek, ağır. lazybones  tembel adam. lazy eyes göz donukluğu hastalığı. lazy Susan döner tepsi. lazy tongs uzaktaki şeyleri toplamaya yarayan makas şeklinde maşa. lazily  tembelce. laziness  tembellik, uyuşukluk.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɫeɪzi/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  159 Moby Thesaurus words for "lazy":
     Micawberish, airy, ambling, backward, bone-lazy, bum, bum around,
     cadging, careless, casual, cautious, circumspect, claudicant,
     comatose, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, cursory,
     dallying, degage, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, dillydallying,
     disregardant, disregardful, do nothing, do-nothing, doless,
     dronish, drony, easy, easygoing, ergophobic, faineant, faltering,
     flagging, flippant, foot-dragging, forgetful, free and easy,
     gentle, goldbrick, good-for-nothing, goof off, gradual, halting,
     hang around, heedless, hobbled, hobbling, idle, inactive,
     inconsiderate, indifferent, indolent, inert, insouciant,
     lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, languorous, lax, laze,
     leisurely, lethargic, lie around, limping, lingering, listless,
     loaf, loiter, loiter about, loitering, loll, loll around,
     lollop around, lounge, lounge around, lumbering, moderate,
     mooch around, moon, moon around, neglectful, negligent,
     nonaggressive, oblivious, offhand, otiose, parasitic, passive,
     perfunctory, poking, poky, procrastinating, procrastinative,
     procrastinatory, reckless, regardless, relaxed, reluctant, remiss,
     respectless, sauntering, scrounging, shiftless, shuffling,
     sit around, slack, slothful, slouch, slouch around, slow,
     slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow-crawling,
     slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged, slow-moving, slow-paced,
     slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing, slow-stepped, sluggish,
     snail-paced, snaillike, sponging, staggering, stand around,
     strolling, supine, tactless, tentative, thoughtless, toddling,
     torpid, tortoiselike, tottering, trifling, trudging, turtlelike,
     undiplomatic, unenterprising, unheedful, unheeding, unhurried,
     unmindful, unprepared, unready, unsolicitous, untactful,
     unthinking, waddling, work-shy
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 懒惰的,怠惰的,缓慢的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 懒惰的,懒散的;悠闲的,令人懒散的,慢吞吞的
     vi. 懒惰,懒散

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