dangling

The word “dangling” has 2 syllables: dan-gling

It's pronounced as /ˈdæŋɡəlɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for dangling?

In the thesaurus, “dangling” has 33 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for dangling along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for dangling

Meanings of dangling

  • verb
    1. To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
    2. The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.
    3. To hang or trail something loosely.
    4. To trail or follow around.
    5. Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.
    6. To position (a patient) in this way.
  • noun
    1. The act of hanging something so that it can move freely; suspension.
    2. The act of following or trailing around.
    3. All out, open throttle, with all you have.
  • adjective
    1. Suspended from above.

Example Sentences

  • The keys were dangling from the hook by the door, just out of reach.
  • A strand of ivy was dangling from the tree branch, swaying gently in the breeze.
  • The thread was dangling from the hem of her dress, unnoticed until now.
  • A pair of shoes was dangling from the power line, a mysterious urban sight.
  • The spider's web was adorned with insects, each one dangling helplessly in the sticky silk.

On this page you'll find 33 synonyms or another words to dangling, such as: balancing, cascading, dependent, depending, draping, drooping, droopy.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

sagging

  • abating
  • abject
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  • atrabilious
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  • cupped
  • dampened
  • dangling
  • dashed
  • de-escalating
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  • declined
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  • dismal
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  • distention
  • dog-eared
  • doleful
  • down
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  • down-at-the-heel
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  • downgrade
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  • downhill
  • downward
  • dragged
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  • drooping
  • droopy
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  • dying down
  • earthward
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  • empty
  • enervated
  • excavated
  • excess
  • excrescence
  • exhausted
  • faded
  • fading
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  • failing
  • falling
  • fatigued
  • flabby
  • flaccid
  • flagging
  • flexuous
  • floppy
  • frowzy
  • gibbosity
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • going
  • gone to seed
  • gravitating
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  • growth
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  • hollow
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  • hump
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  • hurting
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  • in a bad way
  • in the pits
  • inclining
  • incurvate
  • incurvated
  • incurved
  • indented
  • inferior
  • intumescence
  • irresilient
  • jut
  • kaput
  • lagging
  • languid
  • languishing
  • languorous
  • lassitudinous
  • lax
  • leaden
  • lessening
  • lethargic
  • letting up
  • lightening
  • limp
  • listless
  • lolling
  • loose
  • losing momentum
  • low
  • low-spirited
  • lowering
  • lump
  • mangy
  • melancholy
  • messy
  • miserable
  • moderating
  • moody
  • mopey
  • mopish
  • morose
  • narrowing
  • neglected
  • nether
  • nodding
  • nodulation
  • nodule
  • old
  • out of condition
  • out of shape
  • outgrowth
  • outthrust
  • overgrown
  • oversize
  • pendant
  • pendent
  • pendulous
  • plummeting
  • plunging
  • poor
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  • pouch
  • precipitating
  • projection
  • prominence
  • promontory
  • protrusion
  • protuberance
  • punctured
  • quieting
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  • salience
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  • shot down
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  • sinking
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  • sleazy
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  • sloppy
  • slouching
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  • slowing
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  • soft
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  • spiritless
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  • stooped
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  • subjacent
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  • superfluity
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  • tacky
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  • tender
  • threadbare
  • tired
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  • to the bottom
  • toneless
  • torn
  • tuberosity
  • tumefaction
  • tumor
  • under
  • underneath
  • unfit
  • unkempt
  • unshapely
  • untidy
  • unwell
  • used-up
  • waning
  • wart
  • wasting
  • weak
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  • wearing down
  • wearing off
  • wearing out
  • weeping
  • wilted
  • wilting
  • withering
  • woebegone
  • worn
  • wretched
  • yielding

wafting

  • afloat
  • air
  • awash
  • ballooning
  • blast
  • blow
  • bobbing
  • breath
  • breeze
  • buoyant
  • buoying
  • chinook
  • cyclone
  • dangling
  • draft
  • draught
  • drifting
  • floating
  • floaty
  • flurry
  • flutter
  • free
  • free-floating
  • gale
  • gliding
  • gust
  • hanging
  • hollow
  • hot air
  • hovering
  • inflated
  • light
  • loose
  • mistral
  • nonsubmersible
  • poised
  • poising
  • puff
  • rafting
  • riding
  • sailing
  • soaring
  • suspending
  • swimming
  • tempest
  • typhoon
  • unattached
  • unsinkable
  • unsubstantial
  • volatile
  • whiff
  • whirlwind
  • whisk
  • zephyr

rafting

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falling


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