Dawdling and Scudding

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

Usage example: the dawdling pace of the movie was really making us restless

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Scudding is an antonym for dawdling.

Nearby Words: dawdle, dawdled, dawdler

Scudding noun - The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).

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Dawdling is an antonym for scudding.

Nearby Word: scudded

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Scudding and Dawdling. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dawdling/scudding

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