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Antonyms for lounging

Grammar : Verb
Spell : loun-jing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaʊn dʒɪŋ


Definition of lounging

Origin :
  • "to loll idly," c.1500, Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps [Barnhart] from French s'allonger (paresseusement) "to lounge about, lie at full length," from Old French alongier "lengthen," from Latin longus "long" (see long (adj.)). Another etymology traces it through obsolete lungis (n.) "slow, lazy person" (c.1560), from Middle French longis, a generic application of Longinus, supposed to be the name of the centurion who pierced Christ's side with a spear in John xix:34. Popular etymology associated the name directly with long (adj.). Related: Lounged; lounging.
  • verb lie about, waste time
Example sentences :
  • Never was I in such a noisy, roystering, singing, lounging place.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • He stood, half turned from the prisoner, lounging with his elbow against the bar.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • There was a large bedroom and bath, and a luxurious study or lounging room.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • "Yer right, Jim," drawled Joseph Zachariah, lounging in the doorway.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • The same waiter was lounging in the same attitude at the door of the hotel.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • The conductor and crew of the local freight were lounging comfortably in the caboose.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • At any rate, he looked more respectable than in a lounging robe.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • I threw myself, with a heavy sigh, into the depth of the lounging chair.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of a Sourdough » by May Kellogg Sullivan
  • And, with all the habitual indolence of his lounging manner, he departed.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • It being day, the beasts were out and lounging about the patio.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

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