dallied

The word “dallied” has 2 syllables: dal-lied

It's pronounced as /ˈdælid/

What is synonym and antonym for dallied?

In the thesaurus, “dallied” has 145 synonyms and 76 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dallied along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for dallied

aestivated
ambled
amused
be insincere with
boondoggle
bummed
carry on
cavorted
chilled
coquetted
cosset
courted
crawled
crept
dabbled
dawdled
decelerated
delayed
delighted
diddled
dillydallied
disported
diverted
dozed
drag
dragged
droned
dropped behind
eased
entertained
estivated
fell behind
filibustered
flirted
fool around
fool with
fooled
fooled around
footled
frisked
fritter away
frivol
frivoled
frivolled
frolic
frolicked
furloughed
gambol
gamboled
gambolled
goldbricked
hang about
hanged
have a fling
hibernated
horse around
hung
hung about
hung fire
idle
idled
inched
jerk off
jested
joked
joshed
kicked around
kicked back
kidded
killed time
lag
lagged
lallygagged
lazed
lazied
lead on
led on
linger
lingered
loafed
loiter
loitered
lolled
lollygag
lollygagged
lounged
lumbered
malingered
manipulated
marked time
mashed
messed
messed around
monkeyed
moped
moseyed
mucked
piddled
play around
play games with
played
pleased
plodded
poked
procrastinate
procrastinated
put off
put on
putter
razzed
recreated
relaxed
rested
ribbed
rollick
rollicked
romp
romped
sauntered
screwed around
shilly-shallied
shuffled
skylarked
sported
staggered
stalled
strolled
strung along
swanned
tamper
tarried
tarry
teased
temporized
toyed
trail
trifle with
trifled
truanted
vamped
vegged out
wanton
waste time
while away
wooed

Antonyms for dallied

accelerated
applied
barreled
barrelled
bolted
bowled
breezed
careered
caught up
complete
coursed
darted
dashed
drudged
exerted
fast-forwarded
finish
flew
galloped
go
ground
grubbed
hasten
hastened
humped
hurried
hurry
hurtled
hustled
jogged
labored
leave
moiled
outpaced
outran
outstripped
overtook
pegged
plodded
plowed
plugged
push
put out
quickened
raced
ran
ripped
rocketed
run
rush
rushed
scooted
scrambled
scudded
scurried
slaved
sped
speeded
sprinted
stampeded
strained
strived
strove
struggled
sweat
sweated
toiled
tore
travailed
trotted
whirled
whisked
whizzed
worked
wrought
zipped

Meanings of dallied

verb
1. To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
2. To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet.
3. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
4. To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal.

Example Sentences

They briefly dallied by the fountain before continuing their stroll.
The children dallied in the park, reluctant to leave the playground.
As the sun set, the lovers dallied on the beach, savoring the moment.
Time slipped away as they dallied in conversation at the café.
The cat lazily dallied in the sunbeam, enjoying the warmth.

On this page you'll find 221 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dallied, such as: accelerated, aestivated, ambled, amused, applied, barreled, barrelled.

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