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Word | Linger |
be about; The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square; Who is this man that is hanging around the department? / remain present although waning or gradually dying / To delay / to hang about; to delay leaving / loiter or dawdle; continue or persist / stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave. / to stay somewhere beyond the usual or expected time / to continue to exist as time passes / to remain alive while becoming weaker, | |
Usage | ⇒ He lingered there for a while ⇒ Though Mother made stuffed cabbage on Monday, the smell lingered around the house for days. ⇒ The tourists didn't linger very long. ⇒ she lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine ⇒ the pain lingered for weeks ⇒ we lingered over coffee and almost missed our bus |
Synonyms | loiter, dawdle, tarry, remain, stay, wait, lag, hang around, trail, dally, delay, abide, drag, procrastinate, continue, persist, endure, lallygag, dilly-dally, crawl, |
Antonyms | rush, hurry, bolt, hasten, hotfoot, speed, sprint, depart, race, go, abscond, advance, cannonball along, career, charge, dart, dash, fly, leave, flee, |
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