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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to lingering:   (124 results)

Often used in the same context:
nagging, persistent, festering, persisting, unresolved, clouding, dogging, simmering, niggling, gnawing, plaguing, worries, uneasiness, swirling, dissipated, aching, looming, fogginess, residual, enduring, soothed, pervading, alleviated, twinges, dispelling, allays, surrounding, slight, tinges, harbored, salved, beclouded, bedeviled, knottiest, lurking, heightening, assuaged, doubts, faded, unsettled, sluggishness, unease, hint, beset, wracked, erase, pall, bothersome, unassuaged, jitters, prolonged, easing, creeping, shakiness, hobbled, fretting, shrug, widespread, banish, subsided, overcoming, vexing, troublesome, haziness, nervousness, concerns, quelled, weariness, wariness, palpable, amid, bitterness, mounting, mild, sapped, grappled, still, deepening, undercurrent, abated, shrouded, deep, lessened, dampening, aftereffects, stirred, unsureness, aggravating, marring, evaporated, crippling, tentativeness, receding, enveloping, muted, prickle, souring, waning, tepid, shadowed, mired, riddled, tormenting, haunting, deeprooted, wistful, abiding, agonizing, bittersweet, deepseated, faint, faintest, fleeting, overpowering, pervasive, profound, agonising, alive

More general:
delay, detention, holdup

Synonyms:
tarriance, tarrying, unforgettable

Also try:
— Nouns for lingering: death, illness, doubts effects, look, doubt, kiss, sense, hope, influence, disease, more...

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