Crawling
Crawling adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Usage example: the crawling pace of the narrative is really frustrating
Dragging and crawling are semantically related. in creeping topic. In some cases you can use "Dragging" instead an adjective "Crawling".
Dragging
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sluggish and crawling
- sluggish and dragging
- slow and crawling
- slow and dragging
- laggard and crawling
- laggard and dragging
- deliberate and crawling
- deliberate and dragging
- lethargic and crawling
- lethargic and dragging
- languid and crawling
- languid and dragging
- dilatory and crawling
- dilatory and dragging
Both words in one sentence
- Once again he winds up crawling with his entrails on display, but this one he survives, thanks to Gojyo dragging him home and getting him put back together.
Source: Gutted Like a Fish -
Zombies could be blown in half, reduced to an upper torso crawling along and dragging its naked spine.
Source: Video Game / Turok -
Some were steaming, some were still burning... some were walking, some were crawling, some just dragging themselves along on their torn bellies... maybe one in twenty were still able to move, which left... shit... a couple thousand?
Source: Out of the Inferno
Cite this Source
Dragging and Crawling. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crawling/dragging
Crawling & Dragging. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crawling/dragging>.
Dragging or Crawling. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crawling/dragging.
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