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101vacillate — Synonyms and related words: alternate, back and fill, bob, bobble, careen, change, changeable, chop and change, coggle, dally, dallying, dangle, demurring, dickey, dillydallying, dither, double minded, doubtful, doubting, ebb and flow, eccentric …
102vacillation — Synonyms and related words: alternation, capriciousness, chance, chanciness, changeableness, dallying, demurral, dillydallying, equivocation, erraticism, erraticness, fickleness, fluctuation, frequency, frequency band, frequency spectrum,… …
103waiting — Synonyms and related words: about to be, agape, agog, all agog, already in sight, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, anxiety, apprehension, approaching, at hand, attendant, attending, awaiting, brewing, certain, cliff hanging,… …
104dilatory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. delaying, procrastinating. See lateness. Ant., timely, prompt. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tardy, procrastinating, lazy; see late 1 , slow 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. procrastinating,… …
105lazy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indolent, slothful; slow, sluggish. See inactivity. Ant., industrious, quick. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Indolent] Syn. indolent, slothful, idle, slack, remiss, laggard, sluggish, heavy footed,… …
106trifle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bagatelle, nothing, triviality; gewgaw, trinket, knickknack, gimcrack; particle, bit, morsel, trace. See littleness, unimportance. v. i. toy, play, dally, fool. See neglect. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …
107flirtatious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. flirty, coquettish, seductive, provocative, coy, teasing, philandering, dallying, amorous, wolfish, libidinous, nymphomaniac, wanton, come hither*. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. teasing, enticing, tantalizing,… …
108hesitant — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Doubtful] Syn. vacilLating, wavering, irresolute, indecisive; see doubtful 2 , reluctant . 2. [Slow] Syn. delaying, faltering, reluctant, disinclined; see reluctant , slow 2 , unwilling . See Synonym Study at reluctant …
109dally — dal|ly [ˈdæli] v past tense and past participle dallied present participle dallying third person singular dallies [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: dalier] to waste time, or do something very slowly ▪ Don t dally along the way! We haven t …
110dilly-dally — dil|ly dal|ly [ˈdıli ˌdæli] v past tense and past participle dilly dallied present participle dilly dallying third person singular dilly dallies [I] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: dally] to waste time, because you cannot decide about something ▪ Don t …
