delaying Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- hanging-fire
- moping
- tarrying
- idling
- dropping-behind
- lagging
- diddling
- loitering
- stalling
- falling-behind
- creeping
- strolling
- playing
- lallygagging
- dawdling
- lounging
- dillydallying
- shuffling
- dallying
- staggering
- marking-time
- lollygagging
Weak:
- puttering-around-
- loafing
- easing
- trifling
- temporizing
- plodding
- decelerating
- dragging-one-s-feet
- procrastinating
- dragging-one-s-heels
- sauntering
- fooling-around
- hanging-around-or-out-
- ambling
- messing-around
- shilly-shallying
- filibustering
- lolling
- taking-one-s-time
- inching
- pottering-around-
- fiddling-around-
- slowing-down-or-up-
- monkeying-around-
Strongest:
- scooting
- scurrying
- scrambling
- tearing
- careering
- whirling
- darting
- flying
- speeding
- rocketing
- scooting
- hustling
- running
- scudding
- zipping
- whisking
- whizzing
- darting
- ripping
- tearing
- racing
- whisking
- whirling
- hurrying
- dashing
- racing
- careering
- hustling
- rushing
- scurrying
- bolting
- barreling
- zipping
- scudding
- whizzing
- scrambling
- rocketing
- barreling
- ripping
- coursing
- hurrying
- hastening
- rushing
- coursing
- running
- bolting
- hastening
- dashing
- speeding
- flying
Strong:
- accelerating
- humping
- breezing
- quickening
- bowling
- humping
- stampeding
- hurtling
- hotfooting-it-
- hurtling
- overtaking
- galloping
- barrelling
- sprinting
- breezing
- accelerating
- speeding-up-
- stampeding
- jogging
- trotting
- running
- trotting
- quickening
- running
- sprinting
- speeding-up-
- barrelling
- bowling
- overtaking
- jogging
- hotfooting-it-
- galloping
Weak:
delaying Meaning
Webster
delaying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Delay
delaying Sentence Examples
- His procrastination was constantly delaying the completion of his assignments.
- The heavy traffic was delaying our arrival at the airport, causing anxiety about missing our flight.
- We can't keep delaying this decision; we need to take action now.
- The stormy weather was delaying the start of the outdoor event.
- The company's financial difficulties were delaying the launch of their new product.
- The unexpected technical issues were delaying the release of the software update.
- The ongoing negotiations were delaying the signing of the contract.
- They were deliberately delaying their response to avoid committing to a decision.
- The bureaucratic processes were unnecessarily delaying the approval of the permits.
- He knew he was delaying the inevitable by avoiding confronting the problem.
FAQs About the word delaying
of Delay
poking, crawling, dragging,lingering, hanging fire, moping, tarrying, idling, dropping behind, lagging
scooting, scurrying, scrambling, tearing, careering, whirling, darting, flying, speeding, rocketing
His procrastination was constantly delaying the completion of his assignments.
The heavy traffic was delaying our arrival at the airport, causing anxiety about missing our flight.
We can't keep delaying this decision; we need to take action now.
The stormy weather was delaying the start of the outdoor event.
