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verb
To move without spirit
Synonyms: shambling, limping, hobbling, staggering, flagging, faltering, shuffling, lounging, slouching, toddling, trudging, plodding
Antonyms: bounding, scampering, dancing
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adjective
Not progressing and developing as fast as others, as in economic and social aspects
Synonyms: backward, underdeveloped, undeveloped
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verb
To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired
Synonyms: stalling, slowing, retarding, detaining, delaying
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verb
Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Synonyms: tarrying, procrastinating, loitering, trailing, lingering, slackening, sauntering, dawdling, straggling, delaying, dragging, jailing, tiring, inching, poking, immuring, incarcerating, flagging, dilly-dallying, dillydallying, imprisoning, dallying
Antonyms: hurrying, rushing, leading, hastening, running