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Synonyms and Antonyms of dawdled
- if you continue to dawdle, we'll be late for sure
crawled, crept, dallied, delayed, diddled, dillydallied, dragged, lagged, lingered, loitered, lollygagged (also lallygagged), moped, poked, shilly-shallied, tarried
fiddled (around), fooled around, messed around, monkeyed (around), played, pottered (around), puttered (around), trifled
hung (around or out) (also hanged (around or out)), idled, loafed, lolled, lounged
ambled, eased, inched, lumbered, plodded, sauntered, shuffled, staggered, strolled
- accused the city council of dawdling even as the crime rate was spiraling out of control
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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