DRAGGED Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

dragged

verb

past tense of drag

as in pulled

to cause to follow by applying steady force on the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall

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as in lingered

to move or act slowly one of the climbers was beginning to drag

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as in crawled

to move slowly the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion

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Recent Examples of dragged Graham also dragged a shimmery charcoal hue from her outer corner to her inner corner to accent her bottom line. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 Grossman said that as the Iran war dragged on, Washington started to divert weapons and munitions from the Asia-Pacific region to sustain the war against Tehran. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 As the war in Iran has dragged on, with resulting high gasoline prices, voters are becoming more disenchanted with the president. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 The sophomore set him down outside the door of the boys varsity locker room, and a 15-year-old grabbed the victim’s ankles, dragged him inside and held him down, the boy told police. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026 My brother is lying on the floor, as if thrown down and dragged there. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026 From there, a 17-year-old boy allegedly dragged the screaming victim by the ankles into a dark shower area. — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 And my sister dragged me to Loulu, the café-market with an Erewhon collaboration and Cosmic Bliss soft-serve, a lovely afternoon fix for those of us on the East Coast without an Erewhon. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026 With City’s back line dragged across, Mbeumo darts into the space behind Josko Gvardiol when the pass is played to Rashford. — Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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Berkeley police said the long object Shrine pulled from his pocket while following Winograd into her apartment building was believed to be a barbecue lighter.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Saints follows Lali, a drifter and a thief, who is pulled back to Barcelona to face and care for her estranged mother Gloria.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of pulled

Verb

But one of them, perhaps too slow, or too confused, lingered a second longer, and the claw opened and snapped shut.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Inside a Brazilian stadium Sunday, the same question lingered as two NFL kickers took turns lining up for potential game-winning field goals.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of lingered

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The technology isn’t perfect, Walsh said; if Gus had crawled beneath a bush to sleep, the camera wouldn’t necessarily find him.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Suki, who had been with her new family only a few weeks, had crawled into an opening in an entertainment center cabinet and could not get out.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of crawled

Verb

Combined, the three had 14 space exploration missions that were proposed to be canceled or delayed, the report stated.

— Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Two companies in the AI ecosystem have delayed their IPOs, the latest sign that investor appetite for the trade is uneven at best.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of delayed

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Twisty the clown crept around, Rubber Man made a second appearance, and black dahlias festooned every table.

— Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026
Griffin Jax tossed five shutout innings and the Tampa Bay Rays crept closer to the AL East title with a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of crept

Verb

Hardly decipherable, but the syllables tugged at the corner of my mind.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
But already the thought tugged at me that the scales that had turned were not celestial, but legal, the workings of the same system condemned in the camp as corrupt and broken.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026