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What is another word for
dwelling on
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Verb
Present participle for linger
Present participle for to think deeply or carefully about
Spending time thinking about
Present participle for to continue to bring up as a point of contention
Present participle for to be copious in argument or discussion, to descant
Present participle for to repeatedly mention a subject
Present participle for to emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of
Present participle for to argue or discuss (a subject) in excessive detail
Present participle for to focus on, or be preoccupied with
(
think of/about
)
Present participle for to have a concern about
Laboring the point
Eating your heart out
Present participle for to be anxious or concerned
Present participle for to say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity
Noun
The act or state of overstating
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Verb
▲
Present participle for linger
considering
continuing
elaborating
emphasising
UK
emphasizing
US
expatiating
lingering
dwelling upon
harping on
involving oneself
tarrying over
Verb
▲
Present participle for to think deeply or carefully about
pondering
brooding over
lingering on
lingering upon
mulling over
thinking about
turning over
wallowing in
going on about
keeping talking about
keeping thinking about
spending too much time thinking about
contemplating
considering
chewing over
meditating
reflecting
ruminating
musing
meditating on
thinking over
weighing up
poring over
deliberating
weighing
cogitating
musing on
ruminating on
reflecting on
studying
revolving
brooding
puzzling over
thinking
questioning
giving thought to
wrestling with
poring on
cerebrating
debating
turning
speculating
perpending
entertaining
kicking around
reviewing
agonizing over
brooding on
stewing over
eyeing
eying
ruminating about
deliberating on
cogitating about
ruminating over
cogitating on
deliberating about
excogitating
figuring
worrying about
speculating about
reasoning
racking brains
pondering on
wondering
giving consideration to
chewing on
agonising
UK
thinking through
sweating over
sizing up
pondering over
looking at
brainstorming
thinking on
brooding about
beating one's brains out about
agonizing
US
turning over in one's mind
examining
evaluating
noodling around
hammering away at
thinking out
putting on thinking cap
rolling
musing over
reflecting upon
wondering about
arguing
deliberating over
minding
discussing
running up a flagpole
chewing the cud
asking oneself
talking over
batting it around
giving much thought to
consulting
worrying
mulling
pouring it on
imagining
knocking around
thinking of
puzzling
judging
taking stock of
meditating over
picturing
thinking hard
poring
envisioning
asking oneself about
flashing on
thinking upon
dwelling upon
ruminating upon
reflecting about
taking in
anticipating
chewing over things
stewing about
mulling over things
using one's head
kicking about
considering the pros and cons of
batting about
batting around
daydreaming
dreaming
chawing
dwelling
philosophizing
US
appraising
philosophising
UK
mooning
woolgathering
forming
going over
analyzing
US
contemplating on
taking under consideration
formulating
sorting out
clarifying
hypothesising
UK
analysing
UK
making sense of
having a think about
cerebrating on
assessing
making
stopping to consider
deciding on
hashing over
figuring out
giving some thought to
looking into
hypothesizing
US
stewing
chewing
summing up
conceiving
digesting
debating with oneself
comparing
estimating
taking
playing around with
toying with
entertaining the idea of
having in mind
ratiocinating
meditating upon
taking into consideration
regarding
conceiving of
bearing in mind
considering as an example
looking at as an example
dealing with
taking as an example
observing
deliberating upon
rehashing
rating
balancing
sweating
viewing
thinking deeply
tracking
entertaining idea
devising
checking out
educing
surveying
investigating
researching
getting a load of
scrutinizing
US
exploring
probing
bethinking
seeing
revolving in one's mind
monitoring
mooting
trifling with
messing with
flirting with
dabbling with
dissecting
enquiring into
perusing
taking under advisement
thinking hard about
cudgelling
UK
marveling
US
cudgeling
US
puzzling out
marvelling
UK
diving into
scrutinising
UK
delving into
canvassing
experimenting
doing research
conducting research into
conducting a survey of
intellectualizing
US
rationalizing
US
comprehending
logicalizing
inferring
rationalising
UK
deducing
resolving
appreciating
intellectualising
UK
ideating
more ❯
Verb
▲
Spending time thinking about
lingering over
brooding about
brooding over
mulling over
musing on
thinking about
elaborating on
expatiating on
expounding on
harping on about
discussing at length
keeping talking about
spending time thinking about
eating one's heart out over
expanding on
harping on
“She had no time to
dwell on
her disappointment.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to continue to bring up as a point of contention
harping on
chuntering
complaining
going on
grumbling
keeping on
moaning
nagging
ragging
repeating
whining
whingeing
bothering
disturbing
dwelling upon
harping upon
pestering
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be copious in argument or discussion, to descant
expatiating
embellishing
amplifying
declaiming
descanting
discoursing
elaborating on
enlarging on
expounding
haranguing
lecturing
orating
speaking
talking
developing
dilating
dilating on
enlarging
pontificating about
amplifying on
developing on
discoursing on
expanding on
going into detail about
holding forth
holding forth about
descanting on
dissertating on
expounding on
going on about
perorating on
speaking at length about
spouting about
taking the floor
writing at length about
sounding off about
elaborating
expanding
elucidating
speaking at length
writing at length
talking in detail
Verb
▲
Present participle for to repeatedly mention a subject
harping
reiterating
repeating
dwelling
laboring
US
labouring
UK
pressing
elaborating on
expatiating on
expounding on
going on
going on about
complaining repeatedly about
keeping on about
keeping talking about
rubbing in
badgering someone about
discussing at length
hassling someone about
labouring the point about
making an issue of
nagging someone about
persisting in talking about
rabbitting on about
wittering on about
Verb
▲
Present participle for to emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of
emphasising
UK
emphasizing
US
stressing
highlighting
foregrounding
accenting
accentuating
underlining
weighting
playing up
pointing up
spotlighting
underscoring
affirming
asserting
insisting
italicising
UK
italicizing
US
articulating
belaboring
US
belabouring
UK
calling attention to
deepening
featuring
headlining
heightening
illuminating
impressing
insisting on
intensifying
pressing
prioritising
UK
prioritizing
US
punctuating
strengthening
bringing attention to
charging
dramatising
UK
dramatizing
US
drawing attention to
enunciating
flagging up
focusing attention on
harping on
marking
pinpointing
pronouncing
betoning
enlarging
indicating
limelighting
maintaining
reiterating
repeating
bringing to the fore
giving an emphasis to
hitting on
bearing down
giving priority to
giving prominence to
hitting home
laying stress on
making a point of
making clear
making emphatic
pointing out
pressing home
putting stress on
rubbing in
rubbing it in
laboring the point
making a point
making much of
putting accent on
putting the accent on
bringing out
placing emphasis on
spotting
impressing on
turning the spotlight on
laying emphasis on
making an issue of
keeping going on about
focusing on
zeroing in on
putting emphasis on
bringing home
giving emphasis to
making more noticeable
making a feature of
making more prominent
giving weight to
magnifying
exaggerating
embellishing
focusing
focussing
demonstrating
showing up
flagging
captioning
calling
bracketing
ruling
showing off
turning spotlight on
setting off
bringing home to one
making a production of
bringing to light
making a big thing of
making a song and dance about
making a show of
letting people know about
giving emphasis
checking off
picking out
pointing to
publicizing
US
publicising
UK
putting on center stage
drawing attention
making conspicuous
giving prominence
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to argue or discuss (a subject) in excessive detail
belaboring
US
belabouring
UK
laboring
US
labouring
UK
overdoing
overdramatizing
overplaying
discussing at length
expanding on
expounding on
lingering over
doing over
dragging out
flogging to death
going on about
hammering away at
tarrying over
making too much of something
harping on about
placing too much emphasis on
blowing something out of all proportion
making a big thing of
overemphasizing
US
overemphasising
UK
stressing
overstressing
harping on
exaggerating
overstating
attaching too much importance to
attaching too much weight to
making a federal case of
accentuating
elaborating
underlining
expanding
emphasizing
US
impressing
highlighting
straining
emphasising
UK
going on
laying too much emphasis on
making a production out of
playing up
pointing up
driving home
overpitching
dwelling upon
repeating
rehashing
overworking
pounding
hammering home
beating a dead horse
amplifying
magnifying
inflating
hyperbolizing
blowing up out of all proportion
laying too much stress on
making something out of nothing
going on and on about
going over the top about
making a big thing about
laying it on with a trowel
making a mountain out of a molehill
dramatizing
US
dramatising
UK
laying it on thick
hamming it up
catastrophizing
overstating the case
overacting
acting
piling it on
giving someone a sob story
emoting
expressing emotion
embroidering
overembellishing
colouring
UK
embellishing
overdrawing
overusing
carrying
blowing up
doing to death
going overboard with
piling on
overestimating
camping up
pressuring
overburdening
stretching
overvaluing
puffing
coloring
US
overrating
overloading
fatiguing
hams up
overreaching
putting on
overindulging
hyping
overtiring
overtaxing
running riot
wearing down
straining yourself
driving oneself
making a thing of
talking big
going overboard
making a thing about
pulling the longbow
going too far
laying it on
making federal case
making a production of
biting off too much
running into the ground
making a big deal out of something
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to focus on, or be preoccupied with
running on
focusing on
centring around
revolving around
Verb
▲
(
think of/about
)
Present participle for to have a concern about
thinking
worrying about
agonizing over
anguishing over
excruciating over
obsessing on
distressing oneself over
dwelling upon
fretting over
moping over
stewing over
tormenting oneself over
torturing oneself over
Verb
▲
Laboring the point
banging on
blathering
blethering
blithering
overstressing
rambling
going on
harping on
keeping on
laboring the point
Verb
▲
Eating your heart out
eating your heart out
grieving
brooding
pining
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be anxious or concerned
worrying
fretting
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
brooding
stressing
fearing
fussing
obsessing
stewing
sweating
panicking
troubling
bothering
concerning oneself
feeling uneasy
having qualms
losing sleep
biting one's nails
getting overwrought
getting stressed
getting worked up
getting in a flap
getting in a fluster
getting in a panic
getting in a state
getting in a tizz
getting steamed up
getting in a sweat
getting in a tizzy
tormenting yourself
torturing yourself
getting in a lather
Verb
▲
Present participle for to say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity
reiterating
repeating
restating
recapitulating
echoing
recapping
retelling
dittoing
ingeminating
dinning
rehashing
chiming
resaying
belaboring
US
belabouring
UK
iterating
rehearsing
rewarning
reexpressing
saying again
going over
playing back
going over again
doing over
harping on
coming again
going over and over
hammering away at
Noun
▲
The act or state of overstating
overstating
overdoing
overplaying
overstress
going on about
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