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71waiting — 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,… …
72delay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. put off, retard, defer, postpone; linger, dally, loiter, procrastinate. n. postponement, stay; procrastination. See lateness, slowness, hindrance, durability. Ant., hasten. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …
73inactivity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of action Nouns 1. inactivity; inaction; inertness; lull, cessation (see repose); idleness, sloth, laziness, indolence, vegetation; unemployment, dilatoriness, dawdling; malingering; passiveness,… …
74dalliance — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Flirting] Syn. toying, petting, seduction, flirtation; see flirting . 2. [Idling] Syn. dawdling, loitering, loafing, trifling; see idleness 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. flirtation, coquetry, *cow eyes, making eyes at …
75hesitating — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Doubtful] Syn. skeptical, unsure, irresolute; see doubtful 2 , uncertain 2 . 2. [Slow] Syn. delaying, wavering, dawdling; see slow 2 …
76hesitation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Doubt] Syn. equivocation, skepticism, irresolution; see doubt 2 , uncertainty 2 . 2. [Delay] Syn. wavering, delaying, procrastination, dawdling, vacillation, fluctuation, oscillation, faltering; see also delay 1 , pause 1 ,… …
77idleness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [State of being inactive] Syn. loafing, loitering, lounging, idling, time killing, dawdling, inertia, inactivity, indolence, sluggishness, unemployment, joblessness, torpor, otiosity, dormancy, lethargy, stupor, puttering,… …
78trailing — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. following, behind, endmost, tracking, hunting, swept along, lagging, dawdling, falling behind, crawling, creeping; see also losing 1 . Ant. ahead*, leading, foremost …
79trifling — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. petty, small, insignificant; see trivial , unimportant . n. Syn. dawdling, idling, loitering; see indifference 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. trivial, frivolous, unimportant, insignificant, nominal,… …
80dawdle — 1650s, perhaps a variant of daddle to walk unsteadily. Perhaps influenced by DAW (Cf. daw), since the bird was regarded as sluggish and silly. Not in general use until c.1775. Related: Dawdled; dawdling …
