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 The public information request process dragged on for several months. — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026 According to Lupo, Boise’s above-average traffic congestion, coupled with a lack of economic diversity, dragged Boise’s score down in this category. — Hali Smith july 30, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026 Exactly 53 days since that hearing, Gayles has still not ruled on whether to order Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release Vorbe, raising the question about why a legal process that should be swift has dragged on for nearly a year. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 Oil prices got back to jumping on Wednesday, while sinking technology stocks dragged Wall Street lower amid uncertainty about what the Federal Reserve will do to get high inflation under control. — Stan Choe, Fortune, 29 July 2026 Another unidentified bear later dug the cub and dragged the the body away. — Annie Colbert, Popular Science, 29 July 2026 The Nasdaq Composite's Wednesday slide dragged the index more than 10% off its all-time high. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 29 July 2026 Who dragged bags of footballs onto the field before practice? — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026 The saga has dragged on for more than two years and has had profound implications for the global tribunal, which is already under enormous pressure. — ABC News, 23 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dragged

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Reid pulled him aside both of the last two days for one-on-one conversations, presumably to discuss assignments and coverages.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Kerkering then hit Alonso on an 0-2 count, and after Mayza entered, Henderson pulled his 2-1 sinker to the base of the right-center wall.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of pulled

Verb

Last winter, in his first crack at free agency, Arraez lingered on the open market until late January before signing a one-year, $12 million contract with the San Francisco Giants.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Yet my party of work friends lingered, seeming to savor the change of venue.

— Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

Definition of lingered

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Figures depicting the Pink Panther, Spider Man and the Minions have perched or crawled atop the Dome.

— Mandalit del Barco, NPR, 31 July 2026
One of Thursday’s stations included the ‘Confidence Course,’ where campers crawled through tight spaces and wooden obstacles in their heavy gear.

— Julianna Mejia July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Definition of crawled

Verb

In other words, before goods end up on shelves across the nation, they're first hauled by trucks and trains paying California fuel prices.

— Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
But, shortly after Greenspan retired in 2006, the great financial crisis of 2007-08 destroyed his reputation, and Democratic senators hauled him up to Capitol Hill for a grilling.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of hauled

Verb

Eckert was interviewed again earlier this month after the process was initially delayed, with Southampton’s head coach back in Germany and recently becoming a father.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Gen Alphas seem to know almost immediately when something is fake, overproduced, delayed or culturally disconnected, which is why the strongest content right now often feels chaotic.

— Kelly Samuel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of delayed

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More three-safety personnel packages have crept onto the field lately, which have given veteran safety and free-agent addition Mike Brown some nickelback duties that usually fall to Marcus Jones.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026
As flames crept closer to Bordeaux, neighboring Spain also oversaw its own fire evacuations.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 26 July 2026

Definition of crept

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Meanwhile, other storylines were timely and tugged at heartstrings, such as when her character officiated the first gay male wedding on daytime TV in a 2014 episode following Marlena’s emotional coming-out scenes with her grandson.

— Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
The border shifted and changed hands here at least four times in the 19th century and a fifth time in the 20th, tugged south by war and treaty, peace talks and purchases.

— Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026

Definition of tugged

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Offering a clever twist, the warm cake is poked with the handle of a wooden spoon, creating space for a vanilla-pineapple pudding to sink deep into the crumb.

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
Let sit at room temperature until buns are puffed and expanded to edges of muffin cups (dough will spring back when poked but hold a slight indentation), 25–35 minutes.

— Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Aug. 2026