stagnant
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 8
/ˈstæɡnənt/
Definition of stagnant
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.
“a stagnant pool stagnant water”
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adj
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Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.
“a stagnant pool stagnant water”
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(figuratively)Without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactive, stale.
“a stagnant economy stagnant prices”
“Their love had turned stagnant.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).
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