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Noun
The act or state of dilly-dallying
A disinclination to action or work
Dawdling
Adjective
Intended to cause delay
Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking
Verb
Present participle for to waste time through aimless wandering or indecision
Present participle for idle away time
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▲
Noun
▲
The act or state of dilly-dallying
stalling
delaying
dawdling
lingering
loitering
tarrying
shilly-shallying
dragging your feet
lagging behind
hesitation
vacillation
dithering
wavering
indecision
hesitancy
hesitance
humming and hawing
temporization
uncertainty
irresolution
indecisiveness
delay
faltering
equivocation
temporizing
US
doubt
irresoluteness
temporising
UK
unsureness
waiting
blowing hot and cold
wabbling
havering
wobbling
shilly-shally
fence-sitting
pause
cunctation
hanging back
second thoughts
doubtfulness
oscillation
fluctuation
dubiety
swithering
tentativeness
incertitude
procrastination
hemming and hawing
pausing
ambivalence
teetering
scepticism
UK
skepticism
US
dubiousness
nervousness
lack of resolution
stumbling
fumbling
stuttering
stammering
misgiving
mistrust
averseness
qualm
indisposition
scruple
shillyshallying
timidity
reluctance
demurral
postponement
slowness
deferment
sitting on the fence
dilatoriness
kicking the can down the road
delaying tactics
slackness
adjournment
inconstancy
caution
diffidence
swither
unsteadiness
dallying
faint-heartedness
unwillingness
half-heartedness
changeableness
to-and-fro
timidness
weakness
reprieve
respite
breather
recess
rest
reservation
demur
disinclination
resistance
lack of enthusiasm
putting off
distrust
suspicion
apprehension
uneasiness
dubitation
unease
mistrustfulness
distrustfulness
anxiety
misdoubt
misgivings
reservations
query
qualms
trepidation
worry
fear
lack of confidence
compunction
lack of faith
disbelief
questioning
cynicism
incredulity
disquiet
doubts
disquietude
insecurity
regret
unbelief
scruples
wariness
objection
suspicions
conscience
worries
questions
perplexity
leeriness
chariness
confusion
question mark
qualification
remorse
misbelief
niggle
repentance
contrition
difficulty
twinge
reconsideration
ambiguity
umbrage
second thought
concern
shame
faithlessness
presentiment
reserve
issues
uncertainties
objections
apprehensiveness
question
difficulties
lack of certainty
lack of conviction
indefiniteness
vagueness
inconclusiveness
indeterminacy
woolliness
unclearness
infirmity
pangs
regrets
ignorance
condition
limitation
tension
premonition
prenotion
presage
proviso
squeamishness
reluctancy
superego
censor
demand
problem
interrogatory
probe
strain
agnosticism
edginess
suspense
thought
guesswork
wonder
dubiosity
nonbelief
jealousy
penitence
guilt
twinge of conscience
pang of conscience
bewilderment
inhibition
queries
quandary
bad vibes
sneaking suspicion
prevarication
sorrow
shuffling
quibbling
lack of trust
pity
self-reproach
stab
rue
penitency
punctiliousness
attrition
contriteness
ruth
sympathy
remonstrance
perturbation
agitation
foreboding
forebodingness
pang
hedging
quibble
parrying
fencing
cavilling
UK
guilty conscience
fudging
pussyfooting
evasion
demurrer
work out
feelings of guilt
twinges of conscience
pangs of conscience
tergiversation
shuffle
dodging
equivocality
caviling
US
stab of conscience
stalling for time
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Noun
▲
A disinclination to action or work
idleness
sloth
inertia
laziness
indolence
shiftlessness
sluggishness
torpor
slothfulness
lethargy
loafing
pottering
torpidity
languor
lazing
negligence
otiosity
remissness
slackness
time-wasting
trifling
hebetude
laxity
skiving
vegetating
apathy
dawdling
droning
hibernation
joblessness
laze
leisure
loitering
slouch
slowness
stupor
truancy
dormancy
stagnation
unemployment
inactivity
inertness
inoperativeness
inaction
quiescence
nonaction
vegetation
immobility
desuetude
disuse
dullness
heaviness
stagnancy
lassitude
lifelessness
passivity
doziness
listlessness
dilatoriness
sedentariness
sleepiness
quietness
dolce far niente
languidness
drowsiness
indifference
disinterest
supineness
torpidness
weariness
passiveness
leadenness
faineance
enervation
disregard
fatigue
laxness
impassivity
lackadaisicalness
inactiveness
unconcern
phlegm
tiredness
insouciance
unresponsiveness
stillness
leisureliness
motionlessness
heedlessness
dreaminess
coma
rest
inanition
faineancy
stasis
languorousness
torpescence
do-nothingness
somnolence
stolidity
neglectfulness
slumber
unmindfulness
ennui
impassiveness
otioseness
docility
nonparticipation
accidie
tardiness
weakness
sleep
calm
narcosis
sluggardness
submissiveness
slacking
shirking
disinclination
procrastination
feebleness
numbness
exhaustion
standstill
unconsciousness
neglect
fainéance
acedia
repose
immobilization
US
halt
paralysis
immobilisation
UK
lack of motivation
lack of effort
resignation
emotionlessness
impotence
demotivation
lack of exertion
no effort
quiet
neurasthenia
asthenia
anergia
lack of energy
senioritis
deadness
dopeyness
passiven
malaise
non-intervention
frailty
indolency
oscitancy
unproductivity
debility
shutdown
stoppage
faintness
suspension
deliquescence
doldrums
fecklessness
quietude
deferral
depression
staticity
status
invisibility
inexpression
underdevelopment
expectancy
abeyancy
potential
disinclination to move
prostration
breakdown
lack of progress
frazzle
burnout
collapse
time on your hands
sluggardliness
status quo
jadedness
stopping
insensitivity
lack of change
abandonment
discontinuation
abeyance
no change
anesthesia
US
stupefaction
narcoma
trance
carus
analgesia
callousness
insusceptibility
verdancy
growth
layoff
insensibility
anaesthesia
UK
stop
still
stationary
immovability
fixity
career break
a halt
a stop
absence of movement
a standstill
more ❯
Noun
▲
Dawdling
dalliance
dabbling
playing
toying
trifling
dawdling
delay
delaying
frittering
frivoling
idling
loafing
loitering
poking
procrastinating
procrastination
puttering
Adjective
▲
Intended to cause delay
dilatory
delaying
stalling
dallying
deferring
postponing
procrastinating
shelving
tabling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
time-wasting
dawdling
Fabian
lingering
loitering
tarrying
putting off
hindering
obstructive
halting
moratory
retardant
cunctative
Adjective
▲
Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking
hesitant
uncertain
doubtful
reluctant
unsure
hesitating
sceptical
UK
half-hearted
undecided
vacillating
irresolute
tentative
wavering
ambivalent
delaying
dubious
indecisive
nervous
dithering
halting
shy
stalling
diffident
hanging back
havering
iffy
in doubt
oscillating
shilly-shallying
timid
cunctatory
having misgivings
having qualms
afraid
averse
backward
cautious
dawdling
doubting
lacking confidence
lazy
skeptical
US
slow
uneager
unpredictable
unwilling
humming and hawing
in a dilemma
in a quandary
in two minds
blowing hot and cold
on the horns of a dilemma
teetering
unresolved
divided
indefinite
faltering
undetermined
vacillant
shillyshallying
unsettled
equivocal
fickle
inconstant
volatile
changeable
of two minds
suspicious
mistrustful
distrustful
uncommitted
unconvinced
waffling
torn
equivocating
on the fence
fluctuating
sitting on the fence
questioning
hinky
trustless
unclear
unbelieving
wishy-washy
vague
disbelieving
broken
noncommittal
weak
incredulous
not sure
cynical
hemming and hawing
shaky
leery
agnostic
stumbling
unconfident
disjointed
up in the air
stammering
wary
split
hazy
chary
confused
ambiguous
untrusting
faithless
quizzical
indeterminate
non-fluent
weak-minded
debatable
imperfect
unsteady
disinclined
incalculable
betwixt and between
running hot and cold
suspecting
vacillatory
negativistic
show-me
in the balance
scoffing
wobbly
perplexed
floating
mistrusting
fearful
pussyfooting
unstable
apprehensive
pending
speculative
weak-kneed
open
on-the-fence
neutral
hedging your bets
in the middle
unknown
dicey
like doubting Thomas
without belief
reticent
rudimentary
reserved
pendulous
deficient
limited
loath
indisposed
vexed
unassertive
insecure
uneventful
astraddle
unassured
infirm
non-believing
unascertained
contradictory
inconclusive
conflicting
mixed
distrusting
hot and cold
careful
guarded
unestablished
unconfirmed
nullifidian
rationalist
irreligious
changing
halfhearted
impartial
borderline
not definite
uneasy
clashing
warring
opposing
conflicted
muddled
opposed
unsatisfied
suspect
lacking trust
watchful
worried
anxious
circumspect
skittish
wobbling
yet to be decided
hot-and-cold
swithering
uptight
cagey
jealous
stuttering
unfinished
pendent
unidentified
unspecified
unheard of
abeyant
unproven
undiscovered
unfamiliar
full of doubt
been hit before
on guard
awkward
laboured
UK
unreliable
defeatist
pessimistic
misbelieving
conditional
having reservations
Pyrrhonist
minimifidian
obscure
indistinct
problematical
chancy
inexplicit
imprecise
bumbling
inept
unhandy
claudicant
lumbering
ham-fisted
labored
US
gauche
ham-handed
wooden
maladroit
clumsy
unforeseeable
inexact
indistinguishable
touch and go
in lap of gods
erratic
fishy
capricious
whimsical
fluctuant
in the lap of the gods
problematic
risky
perplexing
abstruse
undefined
mysterious
cryptic
puzzling
arcane
confusing
muffled
intangible
indiscernible
dodgy
shadowy
elusive
open to question
ill-defined
taking something with a pinch of salt
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to waste time through aimless wandering or indecision
dallying
stalling
dawdling
delaying
dithering
procrastinating
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
trifling
faltering
hesitating
pottering
fluctuating
havering
swithering
tarrying
vacillating
wavering
lingering
loitering
shilly-shallying
killing time
marking time
wasting time
whiling away time
hemming and hawing
humming and hawing
moving slowly
blowing hot and cold
dragging your heels
playing a waiting game
pussyfooting around
oscillating
staggering
halting
scrupling
teetering
hanging back
sitting on the fence
wobbling
balancing
pausing
yo-yoing
thinking twice
wabbling
equivocating
changing mind
swaying
tergiversating
hedging
running hot and cold
getting cold feet
hovering
chopping and changing
trembling
changing
waffling
seesawing
alternating
dillydallying
reeling
deliberating
waiting
boggling
deferring
keeping changing your mind
holding off
flip-flopping
wobbling about
see-sawing
prevaricating
faffing about
tumbling
going from one extreme to the other
bobbling
quavering
rolling
lurching
dodging
straddling
fence-straddling
swinging
rocking
whiffling
demurring
pussyfooting
stumbling
messing around
hanging about
hanging around
umming and ahing
stopping
doubting
balking
US
sitting on fence
mammering
holding back
thinking about
weighing
floundering
hanging
baulking
UK
pondering
pulling back
shying away
debating
retarding
postponing
protracting
prolonging
adjourning
staying
using delaying tactics
lagging
cooling
taking a raincheck
putting off doing something
suspending action
postponing action
poking
goldbricking
dragging
dragging your feet
putting off
hanging fire
deferring action
playing for time
letting something slide
kicking the can down the road
flickering
varying
quivering
paltering
trimming
shuddering
whiffling waffling
tottering
shaking
fluttering
vibrating
undulating
quaking
recoiling from
shying
flinching from
shrinking from
hanging back from
vacillating about
having misgivings about
thinking twice about
having scruples about
walking unsteadily
having qualms about
shying away from
having reservations about
veering
juddering
teeter-tottering
becoming unsteady
waving
straggling
weaving
wiggling
shimmying
twinkling
glimmering
winking
blinking
trilling
sticking at
baulking at
staying in the background
staying back
shrinking back
jibbing
balking at
sticking
demurring about
gagging
demurring from
stickling
fretting
questioning
worrying
warbling
minding doing something
disrelishing
boggling at
wavering about
pulsating
thrilling
moving unsteadily
having qualms
twittering
shrinking
having doubts
rippling
pitching
hesitating to
scrupling about
noting
quailing
shivering
tremoring
flinching
wondering about
feeling uneasy about
harbouring suspicions about
having hesitations about
expressing reservations about
lacking conviction
harbouring reservations about
expressing suspicions about
having doubts about
having suspicions about
thinking something unlikely
entertaining doubts about
fluctuating on
feeling uncertain
careening
tossing
listing
plunging
jouncing
convulsing
pitchpoling
jiggling
jolting
billowing
moving
jogging
agitating
heaving
rolling about
pushing and pulling
moving up and down
moving back and forth
moving to and fro
moving backwards and forwards
more ❯
“Don't four-year-olds often
dilly-dally
, stall, and do just about everything slowly?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for idle away time
wasting time
frittering away
hanging about
hanging around
lagging behind
plodding
burning daylight
dallying
dawdling
delaying
dillydallying
fiddling about
frittering away time
goofing off
killing time
lingering
loitering
lollygagging
losing time
passing the time
piddling
procrastinating
shilly-shallying
taking one's own sweet time
taking one's time
tarrying
whiling away the time
idling
moping
lagging
diddling
dragging
crawling
creeping
lallygagging
poking
puttering
straggling
ambling
whiling away time
putting off
dragging your feet
horsing around
trailing
drifting
sauntering
mooching
fooling around
taking your time
goofing around
meandering
loafing
wandering
rambling
falling behind
traipsing
trifling
pottering around
dithering
pausing
bumming around
getting no place fast
lounging about
taking too long
doing nothing much
fannying about
pottering
lolling
stalling
strolling
trudging
hesitating
staying
pottering about
marking time
waiting
hanging fire
pottering round
flagging
lounging
slouching
moseying
slackening
hanging out
sitting around
faltering
kicking around
shuffling
spinning one's wheels
farting around
staggering
beating the meat
vacillating
moving slowly
frittering
taking time
walking slowly
taking a stroll
strolling along
taking it easy
tottering
temporizing
US
waiting around
using delaying tactics
holding back
humming and hawing
hanging on
putting off doing something
staying put
buying time
temporising
UK
filibustering
playing for time
stonewalling
playing a waiting game
boondoggling
twiddling
skulking
fooling with
whiling away
trifling with
fribbling
halting
hovering
lurking
passing time
shambling
sloughing
going slowly
dabbling
playing games with
fooling about
puttering around
messing around
doodling
fiddling around
playing
monkeying around
hanging back
galavanting
roaming
cruising
straying
gallivanting
roving
batting
floating
ranging
diminishing
failing
dropping
falling back
decreasing
dragging behind
trailing behind
ebbing
waning
retarding
slowing up
tailing
tooling
slowing
inching along
bringing up the rear
limping
losing strength
inching
dropping behind
jellying
hobbling
falling off
deviating
gadding about
knocking about
maundering
diddle-daddling
toddling
frittering time away
scrounging around
shlepping along
sitting on one's butt
warming a chair
more ❯
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