'Lingering' definitions:
Definition of 'Lingering'
From: GCIDE
- Lingering \Lin"ger*ing\, a.
- 1. Delaying. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. [1913 Webster]
- To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lingering'
From: GCIDE
- Linger \Lin"ger\ (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lingered (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.] [OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr. lang long. [root]125. See Long, a.] To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. [1913 Webster]
- Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. --Milton.
- Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lingering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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