DRAGGED Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

dragged

verb

past tense of drag

as in pulled

to cause to follow by applying steady force on the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall

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as in lingered

to move or act slowly one of the climbers was beginning to drag

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as in crawled

to move slowly the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion

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Recent Examples of dragged One smashed in the front passenger window while others approached the driver‘s side door and dragged him outside. — Jenny Jarvie follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Technology stocks dragged the market lower, with the Nasdaq Composite sliding by around 1%. — Justina Lee,alex Harring, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026 Diakite was pulled under the vehicle and dragged for about 300 to 600 feet before he was run over, authorities said. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The first responders even got her a place to sit and bottle of water when the time dragged on. — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026 The deceased victim was allegedly taking a smoke break while working on a rental property when at least five stray dogs lunged at him and dragged him across the street into a ditch, according to KMOV. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026 The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, after the Tehran regime closed it, was added to the list as the war dragged on. — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026 The winter chill that dragged digital assets down during most of the hot summer months is finally beginning to lift, with the price of Bitcoin surging about 20 percent last week, its strongest three-day rally since 2023. — Peter Mintzberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 After 20 minutes, officers sent her to a location nearby, her stress rising as the morning dragged on. — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

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Verb

But Joshi says mental health care is often treated as an afterthought in disaster situations, and resources can get pulled before people have fully made sense of the trauma.

— Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Cheers erupted as video on Friday showed the first man – 30-year-old mechanical foreman Sanjay Sah – being pulled from the tunnel.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of pulled

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Tagovailoa on return, boos Falcons and former Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who was greeted with boos during Friday’s preseason game, lingered on the field afterward to embrace several former teammates and Dolphins staffers.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Young wound up going 8–5 as a starter and won Offensive Rookie of the Year, but tensions lingered.

— Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of lingered

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More than 200 walruses were hauled out on the beach, grunting and groaning, wriggling and jostling for position.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Yet no one hauled him before Congress to answer for stoking racial tensions, snubbing George Washington, or making America sad on her birthday.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of hauled

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Tech has crept into every facet of everyday life, like an invisible fog of ones and zeros.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
The height of this strategy shift was the Sneak Attack by Roger (SABR), in which Federer crept forward to return opponent’s serves almost on the half volley, shortening points and taking away time from his opponent.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of crept

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Better together Industry analysts, experts and insiders have consistently poked holes in the states' argument that the combination of TV networks would create antitrust issues.

— Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
So too were the buildings, including my hotel, which poked through the seven-foot-high snowbanks, looking like an ancient shipwreck covered in shifting sand.

— Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2026