Thesaurus / dawdle
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In thus dawdling away their time they show a strange inconsistency – at one and the same time loving indolence and hating peace.
GOTHS: GERMANIC WARRIORS WHO EXPOSED THE ROMAN EMPIREDATTATREYA MANDALSEPTEMBER 4, 2022REALM OF HISTORYOn Saturday, we continued to dawdle, weather-wise, through October.
SATURDAY SEEMED TO SUGGEST AUTUMN, BUT A WARMER ONE THAN AVERAGEMARTIN WEILOCTOBER 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWeyman’s cloak-and-rapier swashbuckler is long — over 400 pages in my edition — but its action never dawdles.
FLASHING BLADES, SECRET PASSAGES, MISTAKEN IDENTITIES: ‘A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE’ IS A CLASSIC ADVENTURE TALEMICHAEL DIRDASEPTEMBER 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMany Republicans, meanwhile, seem perfectly open to dawdling on the legislation despite the critical support it would provide to many people currently in need.
SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO DRAG OUT THE STIMULUS PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCYLI ZHOUMARCH 5, 2021VOXWhy should they not dawdle at their labor sitting upon the fence in endless colloquy while the harvest rots upon the stalk?
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKAfter a big fit of work, I can dawdle against any one; then I get another fit of work—it's like appetite.
VILLA RUBEIN AND OTHER STORIESJOHN GALSWORTHYYou've no idea how beastly it is to dawdle about in a crowd of people, and then at the end go back to another term of school.
SINISTER STREET, VOL. 1COMPTON MACKENZIETell your mother, and that poor dawdle there, your sister, that they 'd be thankful they'd have followed my advice.
ROLAND CASHELCHARLES JAMES LEVERThey watched him as he passed up the pathway, with a stride and a swing so different from his ordinary listless dawdle.
COLONIAL BORNG. FIRTH SCOTTDon't dawdle round doin' nuthin' but stuffin' yerself to kill.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 14, NO. 85, NOVEMBER, 1864VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO DAWDLE
- be behind
- dally
- dawdle
- decrease
- dillydally
- diminish
- drag
- drag one's feet
- ebb
- fail
- fall off
- falter
- flag
- get no place fast
- hang back
- hobble
- idle
- inch
- inch along
- jelly
- limp
- linger
- loiter
- lose strength
- lounge
- plod
- poke
- procrastinate
- put off
- retard
- saunter
- shuffle
- slacken
- slouch
- slow
- slow up
- stagger
- stay
- straggle
- tail
- tarry
- tool
- trail
- trudge
- wane
- dallied
- dawdled
- decreased
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- diminished
- dragged
- dragged one's feet
- ebbed
- failed
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- flagged
- got no place fast
- hobbled
- hung back
- idled
- inch along
- inched
- jellied
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- lost strength
- lounged
- plodded
- poked
- procrastinated
- put off
- retarded
- sauntered
- shuffled
- slackened
- slouched
- slowed
- slowed up
- staggered
- stayed
- straggled
- tailed
- tarried
- tooled
- trailed
- trudged
- waned
- was behind
- amble
- be dilatory
- be long
- be tardy
- crawl
- dally
- dawdle
- dillydally
- drift
- falter
- fool around
- fritter away
- goof off
- hang around
- hang out
- hesitate
- hobble
- idle
- lag
- loll
- lumber
- mope
- mosey
- plod
- poke
- procrastinate
- put off
- putter
- remain
- saunter
- shuffle
- sit around
- slouch
- stagger
- stay
- stick around
- stop
- stroll
- take one's time
- tarry
- tool
- totter
- trail
- traipse
- trifle
- trudge
- vacillate
- wait
- wait around
- ambled
- crawled
- dallied
- dawdled
- dillydallied
- drifted
- faltered
- fool around
- frittered away
- goof off
- hesitated
- hobbled
- hung around
- hung out
- idled
- lagged
- lolled
- lumbered
- moped
- moseyed
- plodded
- poked
- procrastinated
- put off
- puttered
- remained
- sat around
- sauntered
- shuffled
- slouched
- staggered
- stayed
- stopped
- strolled
- stuck around
- tarried
- took one's time
- tooled
- tottered
- trailed
- traipsed
- trifled
- trudged
- vacillated
- waited
- waited around
- was dilatory
- was long
- was tardy
- ambles
- crawls
- dallies
- dawdles
- dillydallies
- drifts
- falters
- fool around
- fritters away
- goof off
- hangs around
- hangs out
- hesitates
- hobbles
- idles
- is dilatory
- is long
- is tardy
- lags
- lolls
- lumbers
- mopes
- moseys
- plods
- pokes
- procrastinates
- puts off
- putters
- remains
- saunters
- shuffles
- sits around
- slouches
- staggers
- stays
- sticks around
- stops
- strolls
- takes one's time
- tarries
- tools
- totters
- trails
- traipses
- trifles
- trudges
- vacillates
- waits
- waits around
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