Synonyms for lurking

Grammar : Adj

Spell : lurk

Phonetic Transcription : lɜrk

Définition of lurking

Origin : c.1300, lurken "to hide, lie hidden," probably from Scandinavian (cf. dialectal Norwegian lurka "to sneak away," dialectal Swedish lurka "to be slow in one's work"), perhaps ultimately related to Middle English luren "to frown, lurk" (see lower (v.2)). Related: Lurked; lurking.

adj hiding out

Example sentences :

And in the low bushes could be discerned the lurking, furtive, shadowy jackals.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

And that lurking vanity of the inferior to lessen his own inferiority did the rest.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

The unknown, lurking in the midst of the sticks and moss, was savagely clutching him by the nose.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

It was the trap, ever the trap, the fear of it lurking deep in the life of him, woven into the fibre of him.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

The mob state of mind is lurking still in the excitable American temperament.
Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

Moreover I have a lurking suspicion that the portrait is no imaginary one.
Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 » by Various

But his servants and old officials were lurking in the lanes and alleys.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

All around, death seemed to be lurking and lying in wait for him.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

Somewhere on the foothold of the rocks men were lurking, I made sure.
Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton

There was a lurking derision, even contempt in their regard for him.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

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