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What is another word for
slackening
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Noun
The act by which something slackens
Deregulation
An interruption of continuity or uniformity
Verb
In a period of decrease or decline
Present participle for to make or become less taut
Present participle for to decrease in severity or intensity
Present participle for to cause to move or proceed at a slower pace
Present participle for undo or be undone after winding or being wound
Present participle for become less reserved, formal, or strict
Present participle for fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development
Present participle for sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way
Present participle for fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way
Adjective
Decreasing
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▲
Noun
▲
The act by which something slackens
decline
reduction
decrease
abatement
ebb
discount
lessening
diminution
easing
weakening
let-up
moderation
relaxation
drop
waning
alleviation
dwindling
relief
mitigation
remission
shrinkage
contraction
diminishing
subsidence
letup
cutback
lightening
de-escalation
falloff
fall
wane
quelling
palliation
assuagement
dulling
drop-off
dying down
attenuation
easing off
downturn
loss
ebbing
respite
curtailment
lull
depletion
dent
diminishment
decrement
depression
step down
cut
break
pause
modification
cessation
petering out
falling off
loosening
deadening
allaying
appeasement
softening
soothing
tempering
mollification
extenuation
tailing off
release
slowing
subsiding
erosion
lowering
slaking
decay
sinking
descent
declining
fading
downtrend
deduction
dying away
downtick
dying out
letting up
dropping off
lapse
interval
recess
rest
allowance
blunting
loosing
qualification
dilution
comfort
ease
quenching
fade
desisting
dropping away
relenting
easement
palliative
salving
remedy
improvement
cooling off
saving
compression
striction
constriction
decrescence
condensation
tapering off
slump
downshift
plunge
nosedive
dive
minimization
slowing down
downslide
sag
flagging
stagnation
downswing
dip
down
suspension
abeyance
subtraction
detraction
deterioration
fall-off
slack
arrest
inactivity
amelioration
degeneration
fading away
delay
interruption
retardation
slowdown
depreciation
sweep
withdrawal
recession
refluence
reflux
backflow
retroflux
taking away
shrinking
failing
receding
low water
outward flow
low tide
impoverishment
retrenchment
modulation
cushioning
damping
placation
pacification
calming
stilling
downgrade
tumble
degradation
slide
devaluation
downfall
collapse
regression
degeneracy
attrition
crash
slip
declination
withering
plummet
decadence
minimizing
US
devolution
waste
markdown
minimising
UK
drain
failure
cutting
removal
impairment
corrosion
comedown
debit
slash
atrophy
concession
declension
rebate
rollback
declivity
spill
nose dive
diminuendo
ruination
deprivation
disappearance
privation
downsize
forfeiture
squandering
rundown
shortfall
dissipation
precipitation
eclipse
landslide
expenditure
consumption
exhaustion
standstill
expending
deficiency
using up
use
subduction
deletion
downhill trend
milking
emptying
sapping
draining
want
undermining
wastage
paralysis
trough
shakeout
bleeding
abstraction
pruning
trimming
slimming
slant
belly flop
incline
slope
skid
pratfall
downward slope
header
bottom-out
chopping
debasement
limiting
axing
wasting
running down
bottom out
knock-off
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
docking
discounting
decaying
scaling down
shrivelling
UK
damage
contribution
excision
write-off
taking off
dockage
payment
credit
stumble
knocking off
emaciation
meltdown
abrasion
deteriorating
wilting
degenerating
retrogression
worsening
dilapidation
detrition
wasting away
enfeeblement
debilitation
flop
backsliding
scuffing
battering
friction
drying up
shrivelling up
shriveling
US
relapse
wear
falling-off
a few knocks
wear and tear
more ❯
Noun
▲
Deregulation
liberalization
US
deregulation
decriminalisation
UK
decriminalization
US
loosening
relaxation
Noun
▲
An interruption of continuity or uniformity
break
interruption
halt
pause
disruption
stop
stoppage
suspension
breakdown
cessation
discontinuity
hiatus
interval
recess
remission
discontinuance
discontinuation
gap
lull
respite
surcease
caesura
cutoff
cut-off
lacuna
layoff
lessening
letup
blow
lapse of time
breathing space
rest
stay
breather
intermission
interlude
delay
downtime
let-up
check
lapse
moratorium
termination
stopover
time out
arrest
conclusion
ending
abeyance
end
freeze
finish
adjournment
closure
standstill
breath
shutdown
close
time-out
interregnum
hold-up
break-off
expiration
arrestment
closedown
shutoff
relaxation
wait
stopping
postponement
coffee break
sojourn
holiday
stop-off
layover
visit
breathing spell
vacation
cease
offset
breaking off
truce
quiescence
interim
relief
deadlock
halting
severance
holdup
deferment
deferral
armistice
retardation
holding pattern
disconnection
disturbance
dissolution
prorogation
hitch
ten
dormancy
doldrums
latency
interference
time off
abeyancy
pausation
five
obstruction
hindrance
impediment
vacay
entr'acte
abatement
ceasing
holdback
screaming halt
grinding halt
hold
peace
ceasefire
intrusion
leave
shelving
rescheduling
treaty
repose
tabling
withdrawal
interstice
disbandment
cease-fire
comma
gridlock
stand
obstacle
suspense
closing
tarry
outing
cutting short
trip
reprieve
happy hour
tour
tarriance
suspension of hostilities
desistance
separation
division
release
cessation of hostilities
deep freeze
cold storage
suspended animation
logjam
peace treaty
detention
stall
failure
screeching halt
lag
blockage
retardment
ado
tie-up
time wasted
time lag
period of waiting
virgule
cutting off
finishing
abandonment
tranquillity
UK
tranquility
US
impasse
embargo
stalemate
standoff
winding up
port of call
half-way house
hols
residence
ban
prohibition
schoolie
hiccup
parenthesis
hiccough
Mexican standoff
pigeonholing
dissolving
spell
visitation
diversion
resolution
settlement
temporary closure
mothballing
disconnectedness
disjointedness
call
jollification
recreation
entertainment
lightening
brightening
amusement
jollity
break in your journey
continuation
put-off
putting off
incoherence
intervening period
intervening time
temporary cessation of business
day off
cessation of business
grace period
refreshment
rupture
disuniting
blackout
rift
split
breach
let up
temporary cessation
disunion
peace agreement
cutout
knocking off
suspension of proceedings
taking five
forgiveness
deliverance
discharge
time
exculpation
immunity
leisure
pardon
ease
acquittal
protraction
reduction
occlusion
winding-up
dead stop
completion
wind-up
dead end
culmination
finale
end of the line
wrap-up
staging post
disbarment
full stop
brick wall
roadblock
breathing room
decrease
easing
lack of unity
concluding
quiescency
discontinuing
heave-ho
period
lack of coherence
moderation
diminution
setback
détente
dwindling
waning
detainment
hangup
ebb
ebbing
curb
encumbrance
inhibition
awayday
minibreak
wind-down
agreement
de-escalation
reconciliation
amnesty
terms
detente
accord
jam
retard
block
fetter
snag
alleviation
amelioration
trammel
bind
waiting period
problem
filibuster
showstopper
cooling-off period
holding
hesitation
dying down
cutback
temporary peace
white flag
peaceful solution
olive branch
look round
look around
beat
hush
silence
stillness
break off
rest period
awkward moment
stop what you're doing
confusion
upset
disarranging
disarrangement
disarray
disorderliness
turmoil
disordering
disorganization
US
unsettling
confusing
upsetting
crash
malfunction
ruining
hampering
impeding
spoiling
derangement
disorder
dislocation
wrecking
disintegration
collapse
undermining
agitation
delaying
downfall
wreck
ruin
crackup
mishap
crumpling
ruination
fizzle
crumbling
foundering
disorganisation
UK
holding up
trouble
commotion
splitting
distraction
lack of success
seizing up
conking out
falling to pieces
defeat
falling apart
cropper
fizzling out
falling through
falling down
more ❯
Verb
▲
In a period of decrease or decline
on the wane
contracting
declining
decreasing
diminishing
dwindling
shrinking
dimming
drooping
ebbing
fading away
growing faint
on the decline
sinking
subsiding
tailing off
tapering off
abating
attenuating
dissolving
failing
falling off
lessening
petering out
receding
winding down
atrophying
deteriorating
flagging
giving way
in remission
melting away
slumping
weakening
collapsing
crumbling
degenerating
disintegrating
dying out
evaporating
in a slump
obsolescent
on the way out
vanishing
withering
evanescing
moribund
drawing to a close
in a state of deterioration
waning
moderating
easing
slacking off
letting up
fading
lapsing
falling
curbing
checking
restraining
dropping
remitting
bating
de-escalating
lowering
palling
tapering
relenting
giving in
becoming weak
dying away
draining away
easing off
falling away
going downhill
ratcheting down
wasting away
dying down
falling short
getting smaller
dropping off
phasing down
sagging
fading out
giving up
wilting
languishing
dipping
slipping
sliding
settling
reducing
going
lagging
shrivelling
UK
emaciating
decaying
tiring
shriveling
US
crashing
plummetting
nosediving
plummeting
faltering
trailing off
easing up
going down
taking a nosedive
turning down
caving in
losing
tottering
halting
growing dim
relapsing
minimizing
US
fainting
breaking up
fizzling out
limping
wearing off
vitiating
debasing
impoverishing
relaxing
losing spirit
minimising
UK
trembling
slowing down
growing weaker
depressing
thinning out
crippling
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make or become less taut
loosening
relaxing
loosing
releasing
slacking
untightening
veering
becoming looser
making looser
easing
letting go
unclenching
undoing
opening
working loose
moderating
softening
unknotting
relieving
mitigating
ameliorating
letting up
easing up
slackening off
untying
easing off
unfastening
broadening
stretching
modifying
coming loose
unbinding
unhooking
becoming loose
making slack
becoming slack
liberalizing
US
liberalising
UK
working free
freeing up
becoming less stiff
becoming less rigid
becoming less tense
letting out
lessening
comforting
nursing
calming
smoothing
mollifying
appeasing
palliating
disburdening
simplifying
lightening
promoting
disengaging
facilitating
anaesthetizing
UK
improving
pacifying
curing
quieting
soothing
speeding
doctoring
abating
forwarding
cheering
expediting
lifting
tranquilizing
US
assuaging
aiding
assisting
furthering
allaying
anesthetizing
US
meliorating
stilling
freeing
relenting
speeding up
running interference for
clearing the way
attending to
making easier
letting up on
opening the door
more ❯
“I could feel her grip around my waist
slacken
as she realized I could hold myself steady on the stallion, my hands wrapped in its mane.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decrease in severity or intensity
abating
diminishing
lessening
tempering
decreasing
easing
flagging
moderating
receding
reducing
relaxing
relenting
subsiding
waning
dwindling
ebbing
mitigating
remitting
sagging
slaking
slacking
softening
weakening
easing off
easing up
getting less
slackening off
tapering off
becoming less intense
dying down
dropping off
falling off
slacking off
letting up
slowing down
declining
lowering
tapering
shrinking
fading
falling
falling away
petering out
de-escalating
tailing off
dropping
dying away
dying out
palling
ratcheting down
phasing down
draining away
sinking
alleviating
contracting
slumping
attenuating
quelling
coming to an end
growing less
dropping away
lightening
quietening
stopping
degenerating
decaying
ceasing
terminating
deteriorating
draining
fading away
calming down
plummetting
plummeting
restraining
closing
quieting
settling
winding down
releasing
lulling
toning down
checking
drooping
curbing
depreciating
withering
crumbling
stilling
modifying
loosening
slowing
depleting
devaluating
downscaling
running low
wearing away
growing smaller
calming
becoming smaller
disappearing
curtailing
finishing
settling down
dying off
cooling off
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
ending
dulling
qualifying
desisting
subduing
assuaging
allaying
drying up
wearing down
downsizing
plunging
wilting
slipping
diluting
melting away
blurring
extenuating
minifying
becoming weaker
decrementing
denting
loosing
modulating
going downhill
slashing
wasting
quietening down
passing
vanishing
soothing
cutting down
relieving
limiting
evaporating
narrowing down
losing edge
mollifying
minimizing
US
blunting
fizzling out
cutting
failing
melting
lapsing
eroding
dissolving
nosediving
retrograding
halting
degrading
controlling
coming to a stop
pacifying
bating
trailing
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
cutting back
wasting away
going down
languishing
breaking off
clipping
cooling
placating
impairing
trailing off
depressing
sliding
rolling back
axing
minimising
UK
taking the bite out
making less
taking the sting out
taking the edge off
making smaller
knocking down
becoming less
fading out
untightening
rebating
passing away
tailing away
restricting
dissipating
dampening
revising
disengaging
blowing over
sinking into oblivion
disappearing slowly
thinning out
withdrawing
retiring
shaping
trailing away
rescinding
elongating
turning down
paring down
scaling down
petering
flowing away
abbreviating
retrenching
playing down
coasting
decelerating
unlaxing
thinning down
phasing out
dialing down
worsening
paring
going through the floor
hitting the floor
couching
bringing down
chilling out
cooling it
casting down
tightening
amortising
UK
trimming
stepping down
amortizing
US
making cutbacks in
trimming down
trimming back
marking down
downgrading
taking down
breaking
adjourning
atrophying
debilitating
making less strict
easing up on
making less formal
letting up on
spoiling
retrogressing
regressing
devolving
collapsing
resting
doing less
disintegrating
rotting
palliating
becalming
salving
tranquilizing
US
lullabying
smoothing
deadening
elapsing
discontinuing
growing worse
going bad
going down the tubes
getting worse
going down the toilet
falling apart
becoming worse
backsliding
disimproving
hitting the skids
breaking down
coming down
damping
helping
concluding
expiring
evanescing
quitting
determining
going
thinning
cropping
abridging
amputating
ameliorating
quenching
dying
moldering
US
mouldering
UK
dilapidating
taking a break
taking a breath
taking a breather
holding back
pausing
addressing
sweetening
improving
slacking up
leaving off
running out
breaking up
packing in
winding up
dead-ending
winking out
going dead
comforting
balming
repressing
holding in
reining
adjusting
making up
consoling
resolving
simmering down
suppressing
solacing
reconciling
composing
smothering
appeasing
tuning down
regulating
disposing
descending
pouring oil on
falling down
levelling off
more ❯
“Inflationary pressures have continued to
slacken
over the last month.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to move or proceed at a slower pace
slowing
decelerating
retarding
braking
slacking
becoming slower
getting slower
slowing down
making slower
reducing in speed
impeding
slowing up
delaying
detaining
checking
hindering
obstructing
stalling
setting back
losing speed
bogging down
handicapping
restricting
curbing
restraining
holding back
inhibiting
holding up
moderating
hampering
halting
postponing
keeping back
reducing
staying
retardating
miring
lessening
decreasing
loitering
choking
interfering with
letting up
easing up
hanging up
putting the brakes on
hitting the brakes
sinking
tempering
stunting
limiting
curtailing
diminishing
lagging
abating
regulating
qualifying
embogging
procrastinating
quieting
reefing
slackening off
slamming on the anchors
slacking up
going slower
reducing speed
losing pace
reining in
cutting down
getting in the way of
anchoring it
keeping waiting
letting down flaps
winding down
cutting back
losing steam
stopping
damming
blocking
barring
arresting
clogging
slamming on the brakes
encumbering
deferring
hamstringing
putting back
interrupting
cumbering
trammelling
trammeling
downing
faltering
crimping
hesitating
poking
baulking
UK
bogging
flagging
fettering
balking
US
loafing
dawdling
baffling
putting a brake on
bringing to screeching halt
throwing a spanner in the works of
closing off
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
taking down
shutting down
backing off
shutting off
choking off
thwarting
foiling
frustrating
repressing
standing in the way of
stymieing
derailing
cramping
crippling
hobbling
shackling
deterring
handcuffing
controlling
preventing
stemming
pausing
suppressing
confining
withholding
hog-tying
holding
holding in
protracting
shelving
remitting
proroguing
holding off on
staving off
intermitting
prolonging
holding over
making late
putting off
bridling
reining
stifling
neutralizing
US
containing
constraining
swallowing
squelching
cutting short
stilling
terminating
smothering
catching
muffling
occluding
bottlenecking
counteracting
fighting back
staunching
governing
congesting
jamming
stuffing
clotting
closing
bottling up
drawing up
discouraging
pulling in
repulsing
checkmating
slackening pace
stemming the flow of
keeping in check
playing for time
holding down
biting back
pulling up
fetching up
bringing to a standstill
rebuffing
taming
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
choking back
keeping under control
circumventing
nipping in the bud
keeping a lid on
neutralising
UK
barricading
blocking up
plugging up
blockading
gumming up
clogging up
stopping up
bunging up
disrupting
scuppering
manacling
borking
opposing
rattling
discomfiting
interfering
stonewalling
freezing
fazing
chaining
embarrassing
entangling
disconcerting
binding
tying up
screwing up
fouling up
short-circuiting
cutting off
getting in the way
cramping one's style
saddling with
giving a hard time
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“Night fell over them like a cloak, and still, Danea did not
slacken
her speed.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for undo or be undone after winding or being wound
unwinding
disentangling
uncoiling
undoing
unraveling
US
unravelling
UK
unrolling
unreeling
untwining
untwisting
unfurling
opening
straightening
unkinking
freeing
loosing
loosening
ravelling
UK
raveling
US
separating
spreading out
untangling
unwrapping
laying out
opening out
straightening out
Verb
▲
Present participle for become less reserved, formal, or strict
unbending
relaxing
unwinding
de-stressing
unbuttoning
lightening up
loosening up
chilling out
cooling it
becoming informal
becoming less formal
easing up
letting oneself go
letting up
taking it easy
letting yourself go
letting it all hang out
Verb
▲
Present participle for fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development
lagging
delaying
lingering
dawdling
loitering
dallying
trailing
idling
sauntering
straggling
tarrying
hanging back
shilly-shallying
crawling
creeping
decreasing
diddling
dillydallying
dilly-dallying
diminishing
dithering
dragging
dropping
failing
falling back
falling behind
flagging
lallygagging
lollygagging
moping
poking
dragging behind
ebbing
trailing behind
waning
faltering
hobbling
inching
jellying
limping
lounging
moving slowly
plodding
procrastinating
retarding
shuffling
slouching
slowing
staggering
staying
tailing
tooling
trudging
bringing up the rear
dropping behind
falling off
inching along
putting off
slowing up
dragging one's feet
losing strength
getting no place fast
dragging your feet
lolling
strolling
loafing
moseying
skulking
mooching
traipsing
halting
shambling
hovering
sloughing
pausing
going slowly
lurking
rambling
drifting
wandering
dabbling
ambling
hanging about
hanging out
frittering away
passing time
hanging around
waiting
wasting time
remaining
killing time
pottering
puttering
sticking around
stalling
meandering
fooling around
lagging behind
marking time
staying put
stopping
goofing around
haunting
hesitating
temporizing
US
pootling
tootling
taking one's time
roaming
temporising
UK
walking slowly
doodling
toddling
pottering around
hanging fire
abiding
biding
hanging on
resting
dwelling
frequenting
messing around
swanning
whiling away time
bimbling
spending time
oozing
vacillating
maundering
walking
taking your time
trifling
tramping
hanging round
tromping
horsing around
kicking around
waiting around
humming and hawing
fiddling
playing a waiting game
passing the time
losing time
filibustering
nosing
snailing
residing
lodging
fribbling
holding back
tottering
goofing off
promenading
perambulating
straying
postponing
deferring
stravaiging
hiking
creaking along
fooling about
warming a chair
pottering about
roving
havering
wavering
enduring
puttering around
fiddling around
continuing
monkeying around
pottering round
swithering
stumping
adjourning
holding on
playing for time
sitting tight
kicking your heels
percolating
sashaying
taking a walk
staying behind
using delaying tactics
putting off doing something
taking a stroll
taking the air
ankling
going for a walk
holding off
twiddling your thumbs
idling away the hours
filling in time
frittering away time
taking one's own sweet time
whiling away the time
fiddling about
piddling
burning daylight
slacking
streeling
shirking
lounging about
stonewalling
schlepping along
coasting
floating
diddle-daddling
trilling
going for a stroll
kicking about
twiddling
boondoggling
frittering time away
fluctuating
messing
doing nothing much
niggling
puddling
frittering
tinkering
shlepping along
scrounging around
bumming around
sitting around
strolling along
taking it easy
dragging your heels
hemming and hawing
pussyfooting around
blowing hot and cold
sitting on one's butt
fooling with
trifling with
whiling away
buying time
loitering along
playing games with
going aimlessly
waiting about
staying nearby
waiting nearby
playing
shuffling around
ranging
staying close
prolonging
protracting
dangling
drooping
sagging
living
stumbling
goldbricking
cooling
standing
spreading
erring
scrambling
straddling
hanging down
lumbering
sticking
settling
taking a raincheck
suspending action
postponing action
letting slide
deferring action
kicking the can down the road
moving at a snail's pace
poking around
strining out
awaiting
hanging
waddling
doddering
shelving
remitting
stopping over
lying around
squatting
bunking
roosting
nesting
outstaying
perching
galumphing
floundering
clumping
barging
scuffing
scuffling
slogging
stamping
lumping
stomping
holding the phone
draggling
peregrinating
putting over
holding up
holding over
laying over
flogging
shifting
lurching
changing
pounding
boogying
getting some exercise
gandering
walking casually
hoofing it
getting some air
boogieing
sweating it out
holding the fort
putting down roots
remaining behind
staying out
establishing oneself
keeping on
establishing yourself
putting back
holding off on
rescheduling
putting on the back burner
leaving to another time
putting on hold
suspending
putting on ice
proroguing
limping along
creeping along
relaxing
wearing on
advancing slowly
hanging heavy
appearing to pass slowly
slowing down
going on and on
going on too long
becoming tedious
chilling out
acting the fool
amusing oneself
mucking about
faffing about
playing the fool
clowning
lounging around
lazing around
mucking around
playing around
larking around
pratting about
having a lark
mooching around
having a laugh
clowning around
resting up
lolling around
keeping it up
gripping
latching on
holding fast
clinging on
clinging
carrying on
persisting
holding out
going on
grasping
keeping a hold on
seeing it through
clutching
persevering
sticking it out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way
lolling
lounging
flopping
loafing
relaxing
slumping
sprawling
lazing
slouching
idling
lying
reclining
resting
reposing
sitting
basking
bumming
chilling
chillin
dallying
dawdling
dillydallying
droning
footling
lazying
leaning
luxuriating
draping oneself
hanging about
kicking back
outspanning
stretching oneself
vegetating
goofing off
hacking around
kicking around
leaning back
loitering
slacking
vegging out
hanging around
hanging round
taking it easy
hanging out
lying back
dozing
sleeping
napping
snoozing
unbending
drowsing
pausing
unwinding
slumbering
catnapping
kipping
zizzing
lying down
having a nap
winding down
putting your feet up
putting one's feet up
stretching out
settling back
taking a nap
doing nothing
having forty winks
sitting down
easing off
refreshing oneself
easing up
lying by
cooling off
chilling out
mellowing out
having a spell
letting down
having a siesta
slacking off
lying still
putting feet up
nodding off
standing down
taking five
taking a breather
having a snooze
refreshing yourself
getting some shut-eye
slowing down
having a rest
snatching forty winks
de-stressing
sitting back
catching some Zs
taking a rest
going to bed
taking a siesta
getting some kip
having a kip
taking your ease
taking life easy
sagging
drooping
lounging around
killing time
lying around
wilting
languishing
hanging
amusing oneself
wasting time
sitting around
lazing around
loosening up
passing time
flagging
swagging
pottering
lying about
sinking
playing
taking time off
entertaining oneself
enjoying oneself
collapsing
staying loose
lounging about
stretching
lolling around
bumming around
subsiding
frittering away
weakening
letting it all hang out
frittering away time
taking a break
twiddling your thumbs
fooling around
stagnating
unbuttoning
letting up
taking time out
stalling
trifling
skiving
goldbricking
straddling
draping
extending
lollygagging
mooching
malingering
spreading out
loafing around
loafing about
lolling about
lazing about
mooching around
mooching about
making yourself at home
faltering
lying spread-eagle
whiling away the time
hunching
flumping
sauntering
settling
bending
drifting
frittering
mouldering
UK
degenerating
slummocking
decompressing
moldering
US
couching
slouching about
slouching around
plopping oneself
batting around
batting about
letting yourself go
idling away time
filling in time
passing the time
twiddling thumbs
going to seed
sitting on one's hands
idling away the hours
consuming time
marking time
whiling away hours
kicking your heels
messing around
standing around
knocking around
not lifting a finger
straggling
trailing
spreading
rambling
crumpling
vacillating
falling
tiring
deteriorating
existing
ambling
mooning
wandering
stooging
frittering time away
batting
meandering
futzing
hibernating
decaying
quietening
quietening down
chillaxing
staying
remaining
waiting
hovering
frequenting
lingering
haunting
daydreaming
vegging
doing nothing in particular
spread-eagling
letting one's hair down
sitting heavily
calming down
quieting down
dossing
going to pot
twiddling one's thumbs
lying dormant
retiring
sunbathing
whiling
siestaing
fiddling around
messing about
stooping
bludging
stretching oneself out
turning in
whiling away the hours
piddling around
piddling about
fooling away
hiding
lurking
skulking
growing tired
becoming fatigued
losing energy
growing weary
losing strength
growing weak
covering
resting upon
depositing
holing up
slanting
tilting
sunning
warming oneself
sitting back and do nothing
whiling away
kicking one's heels
bobbing off
draping yourself
lying upon
warming yourself
toasting yourself
sunning oneself
withering
laying down
settling down
fading
stretching over
extending over
swimming in
toasting oneself
crouching
bowing
falling back
drying
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
strolling
dreaming
piddling
evading
shirking
wasting away
becoming flaccid
becoming limp
shriveling up
going into a decline
unlaxing
knocking off
composing oneself
making less tense
lightening up
simmering down
collecting oneself
taking one's time
having a break
stopping work
letting your hair down
breathing easy
taking things easy
letting oneself go
making oneself at home
taking ten
feeling at home
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way
flopping
hanging
flapping
dangling
drooping
dropping
sagging
beating
flailing
fluttering
whipping
lolling
flagging
floundering
hanging down
hanging loosely
jerking
lopping
quivering
staggering
teetering
toppling
tossing
tottering
waving
wiggling
wilting
hanging limply
falling down
falling limply
Adjective
▲
Decreasing
lessening
decreasing
fading
falling
reducing
abating
declining
depreciating
diminishing
dropping
dwindling
ebbing
lightening
lowering
moderating
narrowing
plummeting
plunging
quieting
sagging
shrinking
sinking
slowing
slumping
softening
subsiding
waning
wasting
weakening
dying down
fading away
losing momentum
shriveling up
wearing down
wearing off
petering out
contracting
gradually reducing
tapering
sliding
dipping
descending
tumbling
deteriorating
collapsing
settling
tottering
slipping
toppling
crumbling
disappearing
vanishing
declinatory
decrescent
failing
flagging
wilting
languishing
tiring
withdrawing
drooping
retreating
receding
faltering
droopy
slowing down
wearying
weak
palling
bear
idling
weakened
withering
sluggish
sickening
bearish
dying
wasting away
hazy
paling
evanescent
growing dimmer
on the decline
giving up
listless
leaden
spiritless
slacking
fatigued
languid
limp
languorous
tired
lethargic
more ❯
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