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▲
Adjective
Meant to delay or put off
Designed or tending to delay or obstruct progress or movement
Irresolute and hesitant
Noun
The act or state of dilly-dallying
The characteristic of being tentative
Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process
An action that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly
Dawdling
Verb
Present participle for to make (someone or something) late or slow
Present participle for to put off until a later time
Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed
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▲
Adjective
▲
Meant to delay or put off
halting
hindering
obstructive
procrastinating
cunctative
dallying
dilatory
moratory
retardant
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
tarrying
dawdling
loitering
sluggish
laggard
slothful
creeping
lagging
leisurely
crawling
postponing
tardy
snaillike
idle
slow
indolent
ponderous
plodding
leaden
measured
slow-going
phlegmatic
listless
lethargic
deliberate
slack
easy
torpid
lackadaisical
moderate
tortoiselike
supine
drowsy
dreamy
passive
slow-moving
apathetic
inert
slow-paced
stagnant
sleepy
stalling
heavy
inactive
gradual
Fabian
dilly-dallying
slow-footed
unhurried
lingering
languid
dragging
dillydallying
pokey
poking
lazy
poky
sluggardly
lollygagging
behindhand
snail-paced
tortoise-like
snail-like
late
shelving
time-wasting
tabling
deferring
cautious
putting off
gentle
relaxed
steady
sedate
attritional
circumspect
comfortable
undemanding
unrushed
labored
US
laboured
UK
leaden-footed
laggy
imperceptible
remiss
hesitant
lax
unhasty
unpunctual
flagging
more ❯
“
Delaying
tactics were used to postpone the report.”
Adjective
▲
Designed or tending to delay or obstruct progress or movement
blocking
stalling
hindering
filibustering
obstructive
spoiling
obstructionist
delay
timewasting
difficult
contrary
disobliging
uncooperative
unaccommodating
awkward
unhelpful
restrictive
inhibiting
bolshie
bloody-minded
unconstructive
thrawn
balky
perverse
contrarious
froward
frustrating
disruptive
making difficulties
obstreperous
troublesome
stroppy
unreasonable
cussed
obstinate
stubborn
recalcitrant
refractory
vexatious
tiresome
hostile
negative
truculent
antagonistic
adverse
contumacious
pigheaded
wilful
intractable
willful
cantankerous
disobedient
unfriendly
obdurate
renitent
annoying
pervicacious
inflexible
unyielding
unbending
trying
exasperating
irritable
discouraging
vicious
destructive
unsupportive
headstrong
unwilling
wayward
mulish
undermining
invalidating
inimical
unresponsive
noncooperative
noncooperating
discrediting
harsh
disparaging
derogatory
critical
untoward
capricious
abrasive
corrosive
offensive
caustic
not cooperative
bull-headed
self-willed
cross-grained
uncompromising
determined
strong-willed
erratic
belligerent
ill-tempered
grumpy
sullen
sulky
confrontational
argumentative
quarrelsome
not helpful
unpredictable
not giving an inch
ratty
bad-tempered
shirty
choleric
narky
pesky
touchy
chippy
disagreeable
discommodious
incommodious
unmanageable
scrappy
hard to handle
rebel
recusant
ungovernable
insubordinate
defiant
incompliant
unruly
rebellious
restive
difficult to handle
arsey
nonconformist
disagreeing
contrariant
paradoxical
nonconforming
dissident
discordant
wrongheaded
ornery
dissentient
antipathetic
converse
prejudicial
pig-headed
unfavorable
US
peevish
morose
shrewish
crabby
opposed
ill-natured
unsympathetic
unfavourable
UK
disadvantageous
unamenable
impeding
counter
anti
inconsiderate
unadaptable
immovable
sticky
unreciprocate
unreciprocating
nonreciprocal
stiff-necked
rock-ribbed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Irresolute and hesitant
vacillatory
faltering
hesitating
doubtful
timid
unsure
diffident
halting
backward
wavering
afraid
averse
dawdling
disinclined
doubting
indecisive
irresolute
lazy
loath
pendulous
reluctant
shy
sceptical
UK
skeptical
US
slow
tentative
uneager
unpredictable
unwilling
vacillating
vacillant
half-hearted
hanging back
lacking confidence
shilly-shally
hesitant
reticent
reserved
indisposed
unconfident
uncertain
undecided
dubious
ambivalent
dithering
iffy
cautious
oscillating
nervous
havering
cunctatory
shilly-shallying
on the horns of a dilemma
in two minds
humming and hawing
having qualms
in a quandary
in a dilemma
having misgivings
blowing hot and cold
in doubt
Noun
▲
The act or state of dilly-dallying
dilly-dallying
stalling
dawdling
lingering
loitering
tarrying
shilly-shallying
dragging your feet
lagging behind
wavering
procrastination
hesitation
waiting
vacillation
pausing
dithering
dallying
postponement
faltering
hesitance
cunctation
hesitancy
slowness
deferment
humming and hawing
kicking the can down the road
temporization
delaying tactics
rest
respite
temporizing
US
demurral
slackness
hemming and hawing
breather
hanging back
reprieve
delay
recess
adjournment
dilatoriness
temporising
UK
indecision
more ❯
Noun
▲
The characteristic of being tentative
tentativeness
wavering
hesitancy
indecision
indecisiveness
vacillation
doubt
faltering
fluctuation
equivocation
pause
irresolution
oscillation
delay
dubiety
irresoluteness
scepticism
UK
skepticism
US
dawdling
indisposition
misgiving
mistrust
procrastination
qualm
scruple
demurral
reluctance
unwillingness
stumbling
fumbling
stammering
stuttering
averseness
timidity
timidness
shilly-shally
to-and-fro
hemming and hawing
hesitation
uncertainty
stalling
dilly-dallying
dithering
waiting
temporizing
US
hesitance
temporization
havering
shilly-shallying
cunctation
hanging back
second thoughts
temporising
UK
humming and hawing
blowing hot and cold
woolliness
inconclusiveness
vagueness
indefiniteness
unclearness
indeterminacy
changeability
reservation
disinclination
pausing
resistance
demur
lack of enthusiasm
unsureness
ambivalence
doubtfulness
teetering
postponement
putting off
kicking the can down the road
delaying tactics
deferment
adjournment
fence-sitting
wabbling
swithering
wobbling
faint-heartedness
incertitude
shillyshallying
changeableness
weakness
lack of resolution
half-heartedness
sitting on the fence
confusion
diffidence
nervousness
apprehension
insecurity
suspicion
distrustfulness
dubitation
mistrustfulness
distrust
uneasiness
ambiguity
wariness
dubiousness
reservations
unease
inconstancy
reserve
chariness
lack of certainty
lack of confidence
lack of conviction
conjecture
questioning
disbelief
cynicism
bewilderment
incredulity
misgivings
limbo
quandary
queries
questions
misbelief
unbelief
disquietude
trepidation
perplexity
umbrage
fear
ineffectuality
infirmity
condition
caution
swither
unsteadiness
feeble-mindedness
reconsideration
untrustworthiness
tension
silence
anxiety
awkward moment
apprehensiveness
strain
edginess
suspense
wonder
puzzle
questionableness
contradiction
conflict
muddle
opposition
dilemma
clash
haze
iffiness
haziness
gingerliness
incongruity
equivocacy
inconsistency
confusion dilemma
qualms
misdoubt
query
difficulty
inhibition
leeriness
suspicions
disquiet
faithlessness
question mark
lack of trust
lack of faith
trust issues
more ❯
Noun
▲
Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process
disruption
disturbance
upset
disarray
confusion
disorganisation
UK
disorganization
US
disorder
derangement
interruption
break
division
interference
dislocation
disarrangement
disarranging
disordering
disorderliness
turmoil
confusing
stoppage
unsettling
upsetting
discontinuation
hampering
impeding
obstruction
ruining
spoiling
suspension
wrecking
agitation
delay
retardation
undermining
commotion
distraction
separation
severance
splitting
trouble
holding up
displacement
disengagement
luxation
disconnection
unhinging
discontinuity
misplacement
disarticulation
reordering
readjustment
redisposition
reorganization
US
change
relocation
reshuffle
shift
move
movement
breaking
intrusion
violation
reorganisation
UK
rearrangement
dislodgment
putting out of joint
transfer
transposition
translation
deracination
more ❯
Noun
▲
An action that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly
filibuster
obstruction
procrastination
stonewalling
blocking
delay
hindrance
hold-up
postponement
delaying tactics
interference
opposition
kicking the can down the road
Noun
▲
Dawdling
dalliance
dabbling
playing
toying
trifling
dawdling
delay
dilly-dallying
frittering
frivoling
idling
loafing
loitering
poking
procrastinating
procrastination
puttering
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make (someone or something) late or slow
retarding
impeding
hampering
hindering
obstructing
postponing
restraining
stalling
arresting
derailing
detaining
foiling
restricting
retardating
stymieing
thwarting
trammelling
trammeling
blocking
cramping
crippling
curbing
deferring
halting
hobbling
interrupting
pausing
preventing
protracting
repressing
withholding
crimping
cumbering
deterring
fettering
hamstringing
inhibiting
proroguing
remitting
shackling
shelving
slowing
stopping
barring
braking
checking
choking
clogging
confining
encumbering
frustrating
handcuffing
holding
intermitting
prolonging
holding back
holding up
putting off
setting back
slowing down
slowing up
bogging down
interfering with
keeping back
shutting down
shutting off
staving off
taking down
backing off
closing off
holding off on
putting back
choking off
holding over
making late
putting a brake on
getting in the way of
standing in the way of
bringing to screeching halt
hog-tying
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
“Unfortunately, stormy conditions would
delay
our flight.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to put off until a later time
deferring
postponing
shelving
suspending
rescheduling
stalling
adjourning
prolonging
staying
protracting
tabling
continuing
extending
mothballing
pigeonholing
remitting
respiting
retarding
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
putting off
holding off
holding over
setting aside
holding off on
holding up
putting back
putting on hold
putting on ice
putting on the back burner
putting over
giving rain check
holding in abeyance
taking a raincheck
taking a rain check on
laying on the table
putting on back burner
giving a rain check
keeping in abeyance
putting in cold storage
“There was still work to be completed, and he would have to
delay
his return home by a few days.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed
lingering
loitering
dallying
dawdling
hesitating
lagging
stalling
tarrying
dithering
idling
vacillating
waiting
whiling away time
dillydallying
procrastinating
stonewalling
straggling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
ambling
diddling
dragging
pausing
plodding
staggering
crawling
creeping
filibustering
lollygagging
moping
poking
puttering
tottering
lallygagging
dilly-dallying
buying time
holding back
killing time
marking time
shilly-shallying
staying put
taking your time
waiting around
wasting time
dragging your feet
falling behind
hanging about
hanging around
hanging fire
hanging on
humming and hawing
lagging behind
taking one's time
playing for time
pottering about
pottering around
pottering round
horsing around
putting off doing something
goofing off
playing a waiting game
using delaying tactics
“Time is of the essence, and we can
delay
no longer.”
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