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

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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

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Skubal, who missed more than a month after eventually having surgery to remove a loose body from his elbow, mostly disagreed with public reaction painting him as greedy or selfish in not disclosing the strange feeling that had lingered in his arm.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Juan Enriquez, who resides on Coleman Avenue, told CBS affiliate KOSA that a strong odor lingered for weeks before authorities were called to the scene.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Definition of lingered

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Flash flood warnings were then issued again for New York City and nearby states as thunderstorms crawled across the region on Tuesday afternoon and evening.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Hull testified that Robinson later returned in different clothing, walking with a limp, rolled onto the roof of a building on campus and crawled to the edge of the rooftop around the time the shot was fired.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of crawled

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Under the beating sun in South San Jose Friday afternoon, Amanda Chapiewski hauled several bags of clothes to donation boxes in the Safeway parking lot in Almaden Valley.

— Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
When Ryan hauled one into the office, Burns directed him to dress it up like defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of hauled

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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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Some 10 men armed with clubs and crowbars crept into the warehouse, unaware that their inside man had changed his mind and ratted them out.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
Additionally, coffee intake was self-reported, meaning that inaccuracies could have crept in.

— Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 21 July 2026

Definition of crept

Verb

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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Before McDaniel’s first NFL game, one Vikings defender aggressively poked his left eye in practice.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
It’s now understood that Russia in 2016 poked the election systems in all 50 states to check what protections were in place and accessed—but did not change—some very local registration rosters in Florida and Illinois.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 17 July 2026