About The Word Lingering

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Lingering to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Lingering definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Lingering

Lingering Meaning & Definition
Lingering Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lingering?

[n] the act of tarrying

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lingering: tarriance

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lingering: 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

See Also | delay | holdup

Lingering In Webster's Dictionary

\Lin"ger*ing\, a. 1. Delaying. 2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. --Rambler.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Tagus river ‐ a European river; flows into the…
  • Balustrade ‐ a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people…
  • Inseminate ‐ introduce semen into (a female) [v] place seeds in (the ground);…
  • Contemplation ‐ a long and thoughtful observation [n] a calm lengthy intent…
  • Calycophyllum candidissimum ‐ source of a tough…
  • Agincourt ‐ a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under…
  • Beauteousness ‐ the quality of being good looking and…
  • Compulsory ‐ required by rule; "in most schools physical education are compulsory";…
  • Photoengraving ‐ an engraving used to reproduce an…
  • And how ‐ an expression of emphatic…