slouching

verb

present participle of slouch
as in dragging
to move slowly slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral

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Recent Examples of slouching Certain chairs can cause slouching overtime if not intended for work use, resulting in harming your body in the process. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Designed to prevent slouching, this cushion has a proprietary shape that fits the contour of your back. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 31 July 2026 Adults are borrowing the idea to counter hours of sitting and slouching. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 Reducing Back Pain Hunching over a phone or slouching in a chair all day can create tension in the neck, shoulders, and back, Maher says. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 6 July 2026 Guests behave in much the same way, slouching on sofas after a day on the slopes, browsing the art books spread across tables in the main lounge, and helping themselves to something from the cake table. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 More a laundry tote, perhaps, than a proper hamper, but the canvas keeps this from any kind of slouching. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 20 Apr. 2026 Poor Posture Poor posture, like slouching or hunching over a desk, puts constant stress on your muscles and joints. — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2026 Even factors as simple as lying in bed or slouching over can affect the nasal cycle. — Adam Taylor, CNN Money, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slouching
  1. dragging
  2. crawling
  3. creeping
  4. shuffling
  5. poking
Verb
  • In addition, people are urged to secure to chains to avoid dragging and potential spark and not to toss cigarette butts out of vehicles.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • As mentioned previously, Babcock obstinately played a late-career Marleau in significant minutes during his time in Toronto with dragging results.
    — Janson Duench, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of dragging
Verb
  • An ancient Nazi scientist (Dan Stevens) crawling across a carpet to lick a woman’s stilettoed foot.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Classicist and Roman plumbing expert Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow suggests that private toilets might have been cut off from the municipal sewers to prevent animals crawling up the pipes and into homes.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of crawling
Verb
  • But now that fall is slowly creeping in, our wardrobes are ready to turn over a new leaf, too.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Audiences embraced the films for their creeping realism and slow-building scares, which transformed ordinary bedrooms, hallways and home security cameras into places where something terrifying might be lurking just outside the frame.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of creeping
Verb
  • The bull riders—including the current champion, 20-year-old John Crimber—stand with their cowboy hat over their heart, boots shuffling nervously in the dirt.
    — Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
  • There must have been a hundred of us there, circling the truck, clambering onto its hood, shuffling and shimmying and twerking with abandon.
    — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of shuffling
Verb
  • Seething at his dad for poking at his body insecurities, the comedian dealt with his emotions like any good millennial — by podcasting about it.
    — Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Wear the fall wardrobe staple layered, like Brinkley did under a cardigan with the lace poking through, or style it on its own when the weather is a little warmer.
    — Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of poking

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“Slouching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slouching. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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