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 Armed men came and dragged her out of her home in the mountains, then beat her in front of her children. — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026 Spacek arrived looking as though she’d been dragged through the worst day of her life. — Chris Nashawaty, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2026 The scrutiny of federal investigators, intelligence agencies, and Washington’s political establishment probably is preferable to being dragged over that particular brand of hot coals. — David Averre, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026 Republicans made gains with young voters, Hispanics and Black people in 2024, but those gains were reversed as the conflict with Iran and its economic repercussions dragged on. — Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026 Saturday’s attack comes as casualties surge in Yemen, where the years long conflict has dragged the country into a severe humanitarian crisis. — Clarissa Ward, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026 But the film’s mixed reviews have dragged everyone down, Tom Cruise included. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026 The Euphemism Problem In April 2017, a passenger was dragged off a United Airlines flight in Chicago. — Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 But instead of going for help, Reyes dragged the man from the street and across the sidewalk, putting him on a bench, according to the indictment. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026

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That said, when the door was closed and the curtains pulled, the bustle of Waikīkī disappeared, allowing for a quiet night’s sleep.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2026
Moscow has demanded that the alliance's troops be pulled back from Russia's borders.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of pulled

Verb

Concerns lingered even though later studies showed the benefits of today’s hormone therapies outweigh the risks for many women.

— Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Unaccompanied minors entering the state hit a peak of 1,441 in 2021 and lingered above 1,000 each year until last year.

— Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of lingered

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This year has both flown past and also crawled along at a snail’s pace.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the owners of websites any mechanism to block its crawler, according to the newspapers’ complaint.

— Molly Crane Newman, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of crawled

Verb

Amid dealing with a custody battle that cut time with her two small boys down to alternating weeks, says Butler, her friends hauled her camping on the backside of Pikes Peak in central Colorado and introduced her to target shooting during the trip.

— Heide Brandes, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
All of that material is currently hauled elsewhere for disposal, including round trips of about 200 miles to other biomass facilities.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of hauled

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Eight wage claims alleged unpaid wages, delayed tips, bounced checks and struggles with accessing payroll records, the outlet reported.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
The murder case against a man accused of brutally beating to death beloved Central Park artist Elise Bainbridge Hill was delayed Tuesday after he was found unfit to stand trial.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of delayed

Verb

For months now, so much vitriol crept into our TVs, interrupting the Bears or your favorite college football team with a special message from a super PAC or a partisan looking to score points by smearing their opponents.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
LePage’s decision to spend more time in Florida after leaving the governor’s mansion has also crept into the consideration of at least some voters following a drumbeat of attacks by Dunlap.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of crept

Verb

The wind tugged and shook the bomber, but the pilot held her steady.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 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

Definition of tugged

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Buzelis had just fumbled his sixth turnover against the San Antonio Spurs, batting helplessly at the ball as it was poked from his grasp.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
Kid Rock harvested an incredible elk, and poked some fun at the state of politics in America in the process.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026