Brisk and Dragging

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Brisk adjective - Moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed.

Usage example: moved at a brisk walk through the exhibit

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Dragging is an antonym for brisk.

Nearby Words: briskness, briskly, brisked

Dragging adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.

Usage example: a mysterious, cloaked figure with a strange, dragging walk

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Brisk is an antonym for dragging.

Nearby Word: dragged

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Dragging and Brisk. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/brisk/dragging

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