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dragging

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dragging

moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed

a mysterious, cloaked figure with a strange, dragging walk

Synonyms of dragging

crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), slow, sluggish, snail-paced, snaillike, tardy, unhurried

Words Related to dragging

deliberate, measured

inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging

lingering, loitering, tarrying

ambling, heavy-footed, inching, plodding, shuffling, slow-footed

decelerating, slowing

filibustering, procrastinating, stalling

Near Antonyms of dragging

expeditious, prompt, ready

accelerated, hastened, quickened

hurried, rushed

Antonyms of dragging

barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping

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