dragging

3 4.2

To continue very slowly in a tiring and boring way

adjective
/ˈdræɡɪŋ/

: tedioso

After a long day of work, I was dragging my feet on the way home.

Was a thump, A thump and a dragging sound.

Examples

The meeting felt like a dragging process with no clear end in sight.
The lecture was so boring that I found myself dragging through the material.
Like I'm, I am dragging myself through the mud.
And so NIH has been dragging behind because they still haven't truly seen that notion.

Synonyms

plodding

vsdragging

5 5.3

Moving or working slowly and without much energy

is slower and more painfully prolonged, requiring extra effort

draggy

vsdragging

1 7.5

Moving slowly because something pulls or holds it back

is about slow, tedious continuation rather than causing physical resistance

Antonyms

quickly

∞ 1.0

At a fast speed or without delay

swiftly

75 1.0

Quickly and smoothly

How Slow

dragging

3 4.2

slow

∞ 1.0

leisurely

28 3.4

Surface Forms

dragging positive

Morphology

dragging = drag (transparent) = drag + ing

Standard adjectival use of the present-participle '-ing' on the verb 'drag' yields the sense 'moving/causing to move slowly' which learners can derive from 'drag'.

Etymology

Dragging comes from the verb drag, which used to mean 'to pull along the ground', like moving a heavy bag very slowly. That's why when we say a meeting or a movie is 'dragging' we mean it feels painfully slow and hard to get through.