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Detailed Synonyms for dawdling in English

dawdling:

dawdling [the ~] noun

  1. the dawdling
    the lingering; the loitering; the dithering; the dawdling
  2. the dawdling
    – the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working 1
    the trifling; the dalliance; the dawdling
    – the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working 1

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Related Definitions for "dawdling":

  1. the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working1

dawdling form of dawdle:

to dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)

  1. to dawdle
    to procrastinate; to dawdle; to linger; to retard; to saunter; to tarry; to delay; to put off
    • procrastinate verb (procrastinates, procrastinated, procrastinating)
    • dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • linger verb (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • retard verb (retards, retarded, retarding)
    • saunter verb (saunters, sauntered, sauntering)
    • tarry verb (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • delay verb (delaies, delayed, delaying)
    • put off verb (puts off, put off, putting off)
  2. to dawdle
    to linger; to dawdle; to tarry; to loiter; to waffle
    • linger verb (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • tarry verb (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • loiter verb (loiters, loitered, loitering)
    • waffle verb (waffles, waffled, waffling)
  3. to dawdle
    – hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. 1
    to fall back; to dawdle; lag; to fall behind
    – hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. 1
    • fall back verb (falls back, fell back, falling back)
    • dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • lag verb
    • fall behind verb (falls behind, fell behind, falling behind)
  4. to dawdle
    – waste time 1
    to dawdle; to dally
    – waste time 1
    • dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)
    • dally verb (dallies, dallied, dallying)
      • Get busy--don't dally!1
  5. to dawdle
    – take one's time; proceed slowly 1
    to linger; to dawdle
    – take one's time; proceed slowly 1
    • linger verb (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • dawdle verb (dawdles, dawdled, dawdling)

Conjugations for dawdle:

present
  1. dawdle
  2. dawdle
  3. dawdles
  4. dawdle
  5. dawdle
  6. dawdle
simple past
  1. dawdled
  2. dawdled
  3. dawdled
  4. dawdled
  5. dawdled
  6. dawdled
present perfect
  1. have dawdled
  2. have dawdled
  3. has dawdled
  4. have dawdled
  5. have dawdled
  6. have dawdled
past continuous
  1. was dawdling
  2. were dawdling
  3. was dawdling
  4. were dawdling
  5. were dawdling
  6. were dawdling
future
  1. shall dawdle
  2. will dawdle
  3. will dawdle
  4. shall dawdle
  5. will dawdle
  6. will dawdle
continuous present
  1. am dawdling
  2. are dawdling
  3. is dawdling
  4. are dawdling
  5. are dawdling
  6. are dawdling
subjunctive
  1. be dawdled
  2. be dawdled
  3. be dawdled
  4. be dawdled
  5. be dawdled
  6. be dawdled
diverse
  1. dawdle!
  2. let's dawdle!
  3. dawdled
  4. dawdling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "dawdle":

  1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.1
  2. waste time1
  3. take one's time; proceed slowly1