'Lurking' definitions:
Definition of 'Lurking'
From: GCIDE
- Lurk \Lurk\ (l[^u]rk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurked (l[^u]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Lurking.] [OE. lurken, lorken, prob. a dim. from the source of E. lower to frown. See Lower, and cf. Lurch, a sudden roll, Lurch to lurk.]
- 1. To lie hidden; to lie in wait. [1913 Webster]
- Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent. --Prov. i. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To keep out of sight. [1913 Webster]
- The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lurking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyant,
- about to be,
- already in sight,
- approaching,
- at hand,
- between the lines,
- brewing,
- close,
- close at hand,
- coming,
- covert,
- cryptic,
- delitescent,
- doggo,
- dormant,
- esoteric,
- forthcoming,
- furtive,
- future,
- gathering,
- going to happen,
- hibernating,
- hidden,
- hidden out,
- immediate,
- imminent,
- impendent,
- impending,
- in ambush,
- in danger imminent,
- in hiding,
- in prospect,
- in reserve,
- in store,
- in the cards,
- in the offing,
- in the wind,
- in the wings,
- in view,
- instant,
- latent,
- looming,
- lowering,
- menacing,
- muffled,
- mystic,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearing,
- obfuscated,
- obscured,
- occult,
- on the horizon,
- on tiptoe,
- overhanging,
- possible,
- potential,
- preparing,
- prowling,
- pussyfoot,
- pussyfooted,
- quiescent,
- skulking,
- sleeping,
- sneaking,
- stealing,
- stealthy,
- submerged,
- surreptitious,
- that will be,
- threatening,
- to come,
- under cover,
- under the surface,
- underlying,
- unmanifested,
- upcoming,
- veiled,
- virtual,
- waiting,
- waiting concealed