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Contexts ▼▲ Adjective Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed Abounding Verb Present participle for move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground Present participle for behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of gaining someone's favour Present participle for to be copiously supplied Present participle for to move slowly Present participle for to move or act slowly Present participle for to creep … more ▼ ▲ ​Adjective ▲ Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed creeping dallying dawdling dilatory dillydallying dragging laggard lagging languid leisurely pokey poking poky slow sluggish snaillike snail-paced tardy unhurried moving slowly on hands and knees “… the crawling pace of the narrative is really frustrating.” ​Adjective ▲ Abounding jammed overrun plentiful swarming teeming ​Verb ▲ Present participle for move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground creeping slithering wriggling dragging inching writhing grovellingUK grovelingUS squirming bellying cringing scrabbling sliding slinking snaking trailing worming brown-nosing pulling sneaking clambering dragging oneself along edging pulling oneself along scrambling abasing yourself advancing stealthily humbling yourself advancing slowly going on all fours hanging back loitering along worming your way going on belly moving at a snail's pace moving at snail's pace moving on hands and knees “To retrieve the wounded it was necessary to move forward by foot or crawl under intense fire cover.” ​Verb ▲ Present participle for behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of gaining someone's favour cultivating grovelling to brown-nosing ingratiating oneself with kowtowing to pandering to soft-soaping sweet-talking toadying to truckling to abasing oneself to blandishing demeaning oneself to fawning on fawning over prostrating oneself before apple-polishing bowing and scrape to brownnosing creeping to cringing curry favouring with dancing attendance on fawning making up to playing up to toadying truckling buttering up falling all over keeping someone sweet seeking the favour of sucking up to trying to win over abasing oneself rubbing up the right way trying to get on the good side of “It was always her way to come back crawling to him.” ​Verb ▲ Present participle for to be copiously supplied abounding brimming bristling bulging bursting bustling buzzing humming overflowing pullulating swarming teeming abounding in abounding with overflowing with teeming with swarming with pullulating with “The place was crawling with gun-toting security men.” ​Verb ▲ Present participle for to move slowly creeping dragging inching limping nosing oozing plodding poking slouching snailing creaking along “… the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled.” ​Verb ▲ Present participle for to move or act slowly creeping dallying dawdling delaying diddling dillydallying dragging lagging lallygagging lingering loitering lollygagging moping poking shilly-shallying tarrying “… the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl.” ​Verb ▲ Present participle for to creep scuttling skulking slinking sneaking moving at a snail's pace ​Verb ▲ flattering ingratiating yourself sucking up ​Verb ▲ apologisingUK apologizingUS eating crow humiliating yourself prostrating yourself eating humble pie Find more words! 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Sentences with the word crawling Words that rhyme with crawling What is the plural of crawling? What is the adjective for crawling? What is the adverb for crawling? What is the noun for crawling? What is another word for crawl? Translations for crawling Use our Synonym Finder Nearby Words crawling all over crawling along crawling by crawling on all fours crawling out crawling out of crawliest crawlier crawlers crawler crawled with crawled to 8-letter Words Starting With c cr cra craw crawl crawli crawlin