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See definition of scurrying on Dictionary.com
  • as inhurrying
  • as inrushing

synonyms for scurrying

  • darting
  • dashing
  • expediting
  • flying
  • hastening
  • propelling
  • racing
  • running
  • rushing
  • speeding
  • driving
  • moving
  • running
  • darting
  • dashing
  • flying
  • racing
On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scurrying, such as: darting, dashing, expediting, flying, hastening, and propelling.

antonyms for scurrying

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  • crawling
  • creeping
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    How to use scurrying in a sentence

    They looked down at Grandfather Mole, who was still scurrying frantically about the garden.
    THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
    But agitation unlocks wayward fancies and sends them scurrying inopportunely across the very foreground of the mind.
    ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
    As Matt crawled over, he saw a roughly dressed man scurrying to get up the wall at the back of the shelf.
    MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWS
    There followed a yelp, and the animal—coyote or wolf—could be heard scurrying away.
    MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWS
    From a safe distance Beardsley adjusted his glasses and observed the frantic, scurrying techs, many of them nursing burned hands.
    WE'RE FRIENDS, NOWHENRY HASSE
    Dangerfield had found a few hours rest in the morning, a rest broken by scurrying, baneful dreams.
    THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSON
    A few moments later he was on the other motor-cycle and scurrying toward the trail.
    MOTOR MATT'S DARING, OR, TRUE TO HIS FRIENDSSTANLEY R. MATTHEWS
    The Dyaks, scurrying through the banyan groves and bamboo thickets, enclosed it on the rear and landward sides.
    THE ARGUS PHEASANTJOHN CHARLES BEECHAM
    A sudden commotion among the sheep, terrified bleating, quick scurrying of feet, shook Mackenzie out of his reflections.
    THE FLOCKMASTER OF POISON CREEKGEORGE W. OGDEN
    What are they doing, whither are they going, these scurrying men and women?
    AMERICAN SKETCHESCHARLES WHIBLEY
    SYNONYM OF THE DAY
    OCTOBER 26, 1985
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    WORDS RELATED TO SCURRYING

    • darting
    • dashing
    • expediting
    • flying
    • hastening
    • propelling
    • racing
    • running
    • rushing
    • scurrying
    • speeding
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