Synonyms of dragging (out)

dragging (out)

verb

present participle of drag (out)

as in lengthening

to make longer

pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lengthening
• drawing out
• increasing
• extending
• stretching
• prolonging
• elongating
• protracting
• expanding
• enlarging
• outstretching
• amplifying
• thinning
• attenuating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cutting back
• cutting
• shortening
• reducing
• curtailing
• decreasing
• diminishing
• lessening
• abridging
• abbreviating
• thickening