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past tense of dawdle
Synonyms & Antonyms of dawdled
1
to move or act slowly
- if you continue to dawdle, we'll be late for sure
Synonyms for dawdled
- crawled,
- crept,
- dallied,
- delayed,
- diddled,
- dillydallied,
- dragged,
- lagged,
- lingered,
- loitered,
- lollygagged
- (also lallygagged),
- moped,
- poked,
- shilly-shallied,
- tarried
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2
to spend time doing nothing
- accused the city council of dawdling even as the crime rate was spiraling out of control
Synonyms for dawdled
- bummed,
- chilled,
- dallied,
- dillydallied,
- droned,
- footled,
- goofed (off),
- hacked (around),
- hung about
- [British],
- hung (around or out)
- (also hanged (around or out)),
- idled,
- kicked around,
- kicked back,
- lazed,
- lazied,
- loafed,
- lolled,
- lounged,
- vegged out
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