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dilly-dallying
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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 be undecided between two opinions or courses of action
Present participle for to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner
(
slang, vulgar
)
Present participle for to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment
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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
indecisiveness
irresolution
delay
faltering
equivocation
temporizing
US
doubt
temporising
UK
irresoluteness
unsureness
blowing hot and cold
pause
waiting
wabbling
wobbling
havering
shilly-shally
fence-sitting
cunctation
hanging back
second thoughts
doubtfulness
dubiety
fluctuation
oscillation
swithering
incertitude
tentativeness
procrastination
hemming and hawing
pausing
scepticism
UK
ambivalence
teetering
skepticism
US
dubiousness
nervousness
stumbling
fumbling
stuttering
stammering
misgiving
mistrust
averseness
qualm
indisposition
scruple
shillyshallying
timidity
reluctance
demurral
lack of resolution
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
apprehension
suspicion
unease
mistrustfulness
distrustfulness
dubitation
distrust
insecurity
uneasiness
lack of confidence
reservations
wariness
vagueness
reserve
chariness
inconclusiveness
unclearness
lack of conviction
questioning
qualification
disbelief
cynicism
confusion
incredulity
misgivings
misbelief
unbelief
ambiguity
quandary
inhibition
umbrage
fear
disquietude
indefiniteness
indeterminacy
woolliness
condition
limitation
infirmity
proviso
trepidation
reconsideration
self-doubt
anxiety
humility
unassertiveness
self-consciousness
worry
humbleness
meekness
timorousness
prevarication
shuffling
quibbling
hedging
quibble
parrying
fencing
cavilling
UK
lack of self-confidence
insecureness
conflict
contradiction
fudging
pussyfooting
evasion
opposition
dilemma
clash
haziness
muddle
haze
iffiness
equivocacy
inconsistency
gingerliness
incongruity
tergiversation
shuffle
dodging
equivocality
caviling
US
confusion dilemma
stalling for time
perplexity
qualms
misdoubt
bewilderment
query
difficulty
leeriness
queries
questions
suspicions
faithlessness
disquiet
question mark
lack of certainty
lack of trust
lack of faith
trust issues
more ❯
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
stagnation
unemployment
inertness
vegetation
stagnancy
lassitude
lifelessness
listlessness
doziness
dilatoriness
inactivity
dolce far niente
dullness
languidness
inaction
drowsiness
passivity
immobility
torpidness
motionlessness
leadenness
sleepiness
dormancy
stillness
supineness
disinterest
heaviness
stasis
faineance
faineancy
disregard
impassivity
passiveness
laxness
weariness
dreaminess
leisureliness
stolidity
indifference
otioseness
languorousness
lackadaisicalness
torpescence
inanition
do-nothingness
unresponsiveness
heedlessness
insouciance
tardiness
neglectfulness
sluggardness
immovability
enervation
phlegm
coma
unmindfulness
unconcern
absence of movement
accidie
rigidity
inactiveness
paralysis
deadness
numbness
slumber
sleep
fixity
acedia
insensibility
unconsciousness
limpness
unproductiveness
somnolence
fatigue
tiredness
narcosis
calm
malaise
stability
steadiness
staticity
fainéance
oscitancy
immobilization
US
neglect
non-intervention
nonaction
quiescence
immobilisation
UK
disinclination to move
status quo
no change
lack of change
suspension
doldrums
fecklessness
quietude
deliquescence
deferral
depression
ennui
death
still
stop
standstill
halt
stationary
stillness of movement
nothingness
grave
rest
a stop
a halt
a standstill
inanimateness
dead
lack of sensation
slacking
shirking
disinclination
procrastination
indolency
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
mistrustful
suspicious
distrustful
uncommitted
unconvinced
equivocating
waffling
torn
fluctuating
trustless
on the fence
questioning
sitting on the fence
wishy-washy
hinky
unclear
unbelieving
shaky
vague
leery
disbelieving
hemming and hawing
noncommittal
weak
incredulous
not sure
cynical
ambiguous
agnostic
disinclined
stumbling
unconfident
up in the air
stammering
wary
broken
split
hazy
chary
confused
untrusting
faithless
reticent
indeterminate
weak-minded
debatable
quizzical
loath
indisposed
unsteady
incalculable
betwixt and between
running hot and cold
suspecting
vacillatory
negativistic
show-me
in the balance
wobbly
perplexed
cagey
unconfirmed
floating
mistrusting
scoffing
fearful
pussyfooting
unstable
unassured
apprehensive
pending
chancy
speculative
weak-kneed
touch-and-go
open
on-the-fence
neutral
hedging your bets
in the middle
unknown
dicey
like doubting Thomas
without belief
reserved
pendulous
vexed
insecure
unassertive
uneventful
astraddle
infirm
unascertained
non-believing
unestablished
contradictory
inconclusive
conflicting
mixed
distrusting
hot and cold
careful
guarded
changing
halfhearted
uneasy
nullifidian
rationalist
irreligious
impartial
borderline
not definite
clashing
warring
opposing
conflicted
muddled
opposed
wobbling
unsatisfied
suspect
lacking trust
watchful
worried
anxious
circumspect
skittish
yet to be decided
uptight
jealous
hot-and-cold
swithering
unfinished
pendent
stuttering
full of doubt
unidentified
unspecified
unheard of
abeyant
unproven
undiscovered
unfamiliar
been hit before
imperfect
unreliable
pessimistic
on guard
conditional
misbelieving
awkward
laboured
UK
disjointed
minimifidian
problematical
having reservations
non-fluent
in lap of gods
erratic
fishy
capricious
whimsical
fluctuant
in the lap of the gods
problematic
risky
loth
cagy
obscure
unsavoury
UK
fly-by-night
unsavory
US
untrusty
indistinct
inexplicit
imprecise
bumbling
inept
unhandy
claudicant
lumbering
ham-fisted
labored
US
gauche
ham-handed
wooden
maladroit
clumsy
unforeseeable
inexact
indistinguishable
perplexing
abstruse
undefined
mysterious
cryptic
puzzling
arcane
confusing
muffled
intangible
indiscernible
dodgy
shadowy
elusive
open to question
ill-defined
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
dillydallying
scrupling
oscillating
staggering
hanging back
idling
lagging
dragging
poking
lollygagging
taking one's time
teetering
sitting on the fence
halting
crawling
creeping
equivocating
diddling
moping
thinking twice
lallygagging
pausing
hanging about
putting off
dragging your feet
wabbling
wobbling
balancing
yo-yoing
waiting
taking your time
fooling around
hanging around
taking too long
holding back
changing mind
plodding
sauntering
straggling
staying
pottering around
hanging fire
hovering
doubting
balking
US
lolling
puttering
sitting on fence
baulking
UK
lagging behind
getting no place fast
goofing off
horsing around
chopping and changing
flip-flopping
see-sawing
trailing
running hot and cold
loafing
alternating
hedging
pottering about
getting cold feet
seesawing
tergiversating
demurring
pottering round
lounging
deferring
slouching
hanging out
frittering away
sitting around
kicking around
falling behind
boggling
playing for time
using delaying tactics
messing around
putting off doing something
keeping changing your mind
hesitating over
holding off
prevaricating
wobbling about
faffing about
changing
swinging
going from one extreme to the other
strolling
taking time
waiting around
staying put
ambling
filibustering
tottering
hanging on
buying time
stonewalling
moseying
mooching
going slowly
waffling
straddling
fence-straddling
whiffling
inching
limping
pussyfooting
stumbling
shuffling
slowing up
tailing
dragging behind
inching along
bringing up the rear
dropping
dropping behind
trailing behind
trudging
falling off
falling back
slowing down
deliberating
stopping
floundering
pondering
debating
mammering
thinking about
weighing
hanging
pulling back
shying away
dodging
losing time
taking one's own sweet time
fiddling about
piddling
retarding
postponing
prolonging
adjourning
protracting
taking a raincheck
suspending action
postponing action
goldbricking
cooling
deferring action
letting something slide
kicking the can down the road
umming and ahing
lazing
twiddling
fooling with
vegging out
bumming
lazying
trifling with
kicking back
chilling
footling
droning
chillin
whiling away
hacking around
playing games
boondoggling
fooling about
fribbling
puttering around
fiddling around
playing
doodling
monkeying around
goofing around
toddling
diddle-daddling
frittering time away
shlepping along
scrounging around
bumming around
sitting on one's butt
warming a chair
more ❯
“Don't four-year-olds often
dilly-dally
, stall, and do just about everything slowly?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for be undecided between two opinions or courses of action
wavering
dithering
hesitating
vacillating
fluctuating
shilly-shallying
equivocating
flickering
yo-yoing
balancing
dallying
halting
havering
scrupling
staggering
stalling
swaying
trembling
varying
quivering
swithering
tergiversating
changing
deliberating
hanging back
hedging
paltering
pausing
pussyfooting around
shuddering
thinking twice
trimming
waffling
getting cold feet
humming and hawing
whiffling waffling
hemming and hawing
sitting on the fence
blowing hot and cold
running hot and cold
Verb
▲
Present participle for to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner
moseying
ambling
dallying
dawdling
drifting
lingering
loitering
meandering
mooching
moping
rambling
sauntering
strolling
traipsing
wandering
moving slowly
strolling along
walking slowly
taking a stroll
taking it easy
roaming
roving
ranging
gallivanting
cruising
galavanting
floating
batting
straying
straggling
pottering
idling
loafing
knocking about
gadding about
maundering
deviating
kicking around
Verb
▲
(
slang, vulgar
)
Present participle for to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment
beating the meat
idling
loitering
puttering
horsing around
lounging about
bumming around
goofing around
doing nothing much
farting around
fannying about
spinning one's wheels
dawdling
mooching
frittering
resting on your oars
vegging out
marking time
loafing around
goofing off
doing nothing
languishing
lolling
droning
mooching around
stagnating
batting around
kicking back
dallying
slacking
fooling around
pottering
loafing about
sitting back and do nothing
going to seed
vegetating
chillin
slummocking
bumming
kicking around
lolling about
wasting time
hanging around
skiving
hanging out
killing time
batting about
lazing
sitting around
lounging around
slouching around
kicking your heels
lazing around
frittering away
lounging
mouldering
UK
slowing down
chilling
slouching about
whiling away
dillydallying
bludging
whiling
sitting back
hacking around
degenerating
lazing about
slouching
loafing
moldering
US
hanging about
bobbing off
footling
lollygagging
lazying
lolling around
taking it easy
mooching about
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