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 Scardovari, Italy — As the sun was rising, two fisherwomen dragged their boat through the Scardovari lagoon in northeastern Italy. — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 The animation is often rudimentary, particularly in outer-space scenes that are effectively a cut-out of a starship being dragged across a stellar background. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026 In 1987, members of Congress dragged the act to the Capitol lawn and smashed a Toshiba radio for the cameras. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Thursday marked a tough session after a decline in chipmakers dragged the broader market lower. — Justina Lee,fred Imbert, CNBC, 16 July 2026 His eight goals in the tournament so far have been pivotal to Argentina’s run and his moments of magic have dragged his team through big scares against Cape Verde and Egypt. — James Robson, AJC.com, 15 July 2026 Daniela Porcelli / Getty Images Messi’s eight goals in the tournament so far have been pivotal to Argentina’s run, and his moments of magic have dragged his team through big scares against Cape Verde and Egypt. — Mark Hodge, NBC news, 15 July 2026 Kelly dragged this program out of the morass of Senior Day losses to Syracuse and Connecticut in the final years of the Charlie Weis era. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 15 July 2026 Two men dragged a third into the emergency room and laid him on the floor, according to footage shown in court. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dragged

Verb

Conine waited on a full-count changeup with one out in the fifth and pulled it over the fence in right-center field for a 1-0 lead.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
His hair is pulled back in a knot, and his spear is aimed at something under the surface of the water.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of pulled

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At the Pfizer building on East Forty-second Street, earlier this week, disaster, and the sense of excitement that disaster can create, lingered.

— D. T. Max, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
Because the problem lingered, the break presented an opportunity to address it before the second half.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of lingered

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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
Their father dismounted, went down on foot, climbed the fence his son had crawled under.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of crawled

Verb

Negotiations started months before the expiration date, Acree said, but were delayed in good faith because of new leadership at the helm.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
More than half of Chinese clean-tech investments in the US announced since 2022 have been canceled, paused, or delayed.

— Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of delayed

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Authorities offered no immediate crowd count as the truck crept down the street.

— Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
When the rain cleared, an American flag that covered most of the outfield was unfurled during the national anthem, and the fog slowly crept in.

— Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of crept

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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
In bringing a piece of her mother to the event, Obama tugged at a feeling that many will relate to – wishing a late family member could be with you during life’s milestone moments.

— Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 17 June 2026

Definition of tugged

Verb

After a scrappy passage of play in which Morocco failed to clear their lines, Desire Doue poked a loose ball to Mbappe on the left edge of the area.

— Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 July 2026
But Ecuador’s Gonzalo Plata stuck up his left foot, just in front of Neuer, and poked the ball into the net.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026