dragging

Thân thiện

The weary soldier made a dragging march through the muddy field.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner: Describes something that proceeds with a slowness that feels laborious, tedious, or wearying.
   • Tedious, boring: Describes something that is dull and seems to last an unnecessarily long time.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The meeting was a dragging affair that lasted three hours.
  • We made dragging progress through the thick mud.
  • She spoke in a dragging monotone that put everyone to sleep.

Advanced Usage

• "a dragging pace": a speed that is unpleasantly slow.
  • The project moved at a dragging pace due to constant revisions.
• "dragging on" (Note: This is a phrasal verb form; the adjective 'dragging' can describe the nature of something that 'drags on').
  • The dragging negotiations seemed like they would never end.

Variants and Related Words

• Drag (verb): To pull something along with effort; to move slowly or tediously.
  • He had to drag the heavy suitcase.
• Dragged (adjective/verb past tense): Having been pulled; feeling very tired.
  • She felt dragged after the long day.

Synonyms

• Tedious: Too long, slow, or dull.
• Laborious: Requiring considerable time and effort.
• Slow-moving: Progressing at a low speed.
• Monotonous: Dull, tedious, and repetitious.

Related Phrasal Verbs (from the base verb 'drag')

• Drag on: To continue for an excessively long time.
  • The legal case dragged on for years.
• Drag out: To prolong something unnecessarily.
  • They dragged out the farewells for another hour.

Related Idioms

• Drag your feet/heels: To delay or be slow to act.
  • The committee is dragging its feet on making a decision.
• A drag: (Informal) A boring or tiresome person or thing.
  • This paperwork is such a drag.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner
   • it was a strange dragging approach
   • years of dragging war