Meaning of LINGERING
| Pronunciation: | | l'ingguring
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of tarrying |
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| | Synonyms: | | tarriance |
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| | See Also: | | delay, holdup | |
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| | Definition: | | \Lin"ger*ing\, a.
1. Delaying.
2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a
lingering disease.
To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering
anguish is generally his folly. --Rambler.
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| | Related Terms: | | backward, booming, continuation, dalliance, dallying, dawdling, delaying, dilatoriness, dilatory, dillydallying, dolce far niente, dragging, drawn-out, easygoing, echoic, echoing, extended, extension, foot-dragging, goofing off, gradual, growling, idling, interminable, lackadaisical, lag, laggard, lagging, languishing, lasting, lax, lazing, lazy, lengthened, lengthening, loafing, loitering, lolling, lollygagging, long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending, long-winded, lounging, marathon, Micawberish, mopery, overlong, persistent, procrastinating, procrastination, procrastinative, procrastinatory, prolongation, prolonged, protracted, protraction, reboant, rebounding, reechoing, remaining, remiss, repercussive, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, reverberatory, rumbling, shilly-shallying, shuffling, slack, slow, sluggish, sounding, spun-out, stretched-out, tarriance, tarrying, thundering, trifling, undamped, waiting |
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