- lingering - continuing for a long time; "a lingering sense of guilt"
Antonym: forgettable (indirect, via unforgettable)
- linger - remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"
--1 is one way to persist, remain, stay
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun lingerer1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- tarry, linger - leave slowly and hesitantly
--3 is one way to leave, go forth, go away
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- linger, dawdle - take one's time; proceed slowly
--4 is one way to move
Antonyms: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- hover, linger - move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
--5 is one way to hesitate, waver, waffle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"