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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Lingering \Lin"ger*ing\, a.
1. Delaying.
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2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a
lingering disease.
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To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering
anguish is generally his folly. --Rambler.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Linger \Lin"ger\ (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Lingered (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.]
[OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr.
lang long. [root]125. See Long, a.]
To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or
reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be
in suspense; to hesitate.
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Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray.
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Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained.
--Milton.
Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Linger \Lin"ger\ (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Lingered (-g[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.] [OE.
lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr. lang
long. [root]125. See Long, a.]
To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or
reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be
in suspense; to hesitate.
Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray.
Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained.
--Milton.
Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Lingering \Lin"ger*ing\, a.
1. Delaying.
2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a
lingering disease.
To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering
anguish is generally his folly. --Rambler.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
lingering
adj : continuing for a long time; "a lingering sense of guilt"
[syn: lingering(a)]
n : the act of tarrying [syn: tarriance]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lingering
n.
(gerund of en linger): an act#Noun of loitering or wait#Verb.
vb.
(present participle of en linger nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
lingering
n.
(gerund of en linger): an act#Noun of loitering or wait#Verb.
vb.
(present participle of en linger nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
lingering
n.
(gerund of en linger): an act#Noun of loitering or wait#Verb.
vb.
(present participle of en linger nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
lingering
n.
(gerund of en linger): an act#Noun of loitering or wait#Verb.
vb.
(present participle of en linger nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lingering
Englanti a.
1 viipyvä
2 pitkällinen, kauan kestävä
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lingering
Engelska a.
(avledning en linger ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb linger)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Lingering /lˈɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/ التباطأFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
lingering /lˈɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]přetrvávání
lingering /lˈɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/ anhaltend, andauernd, bestehend [fort] , bleibend, verweilendFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
lingering /lˈɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/ weiterhin bestehend, fortbestehend, anhaltend see: linger, lingeredFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
lingering /lˈɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/ verweilend, bleibend see: linger, lingered, lingers, lingeredFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
lingering /lˈɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/ βραδύς, μακροχρόνιοςFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
lingering /lˈɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/ 1. epekedô 2. habozó 3. lassú 4. hosszantartó 5. epedô 6. sokáig megmaradó 7. hosszadalmas 8. késlekedô 9. sóvár 10. hosszúra nyújtott 11. hosszúra nyúló 12. sokáig érezhetô 13. hosszúra nyúlt 14. lassú lefolyásúFrom English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]
lingering /'lıŋgərıŋ/From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]1. lėtas, gaišlus 2. užtrukęs, užsitęsęs, ilgai trunkantis (apie ligą, krizę ir pan.), ilgai veikiantis (apie nuodus) 3. kankinamas, varginantis
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈɫɪŋɡɝɪŋ/, /ˈɫɪŋɡɹɪŋ/
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "lingering":
Micawberish, backward, booming, continuation, dalliance, dallying,
dawdling, delaying, dilatoriness, dilatory, dillydallying,
dolce far niente, dragging, drawn-out, easygoing, echoic, echoing,
extended, extension, foot-dragging, goofing off, gradual, growling,
idling, interminable, lackadaisical, lag, laggard, lagging,
languishing, lasting, lax, lazing, lazy, lengthened, lengthening,
loafing, loitering, lolling, lollygagging, long, long-continuing,
long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending, long-winded, lounging,
marathon, mopery, overlong, persistent, procrastinating,
procrastination, procrastinative, procrastinatory, prolongation,
prolonged, protracted, protraction, reboant, rebounding, reechoing,
remaining, remiss, repercussive, resounding, reverberant,
reverberating, reverberatory, rumbling, shilly-shallying,
shuffling, slack, slow, sluggish, sounding, spun-out,
stretched-out, tarriance, tarrying, thundering, trifling, undamped,
waiting
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]adj．拖延的，依依不舍的From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
经久不消; 经久不消; 慢燃