Synonyms for crawling
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : krawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : krɔl |
Définition of crawling
Origin :- c.1200, creulen, from a Scandinavian source, perhaps Old Norse krafla "to claw (one's way)," from the same root as crab (n.1). If there was an Old English *craflian, it has not been recorded. Related: Crawled; crawling.
- adj creeping
- adj abounding
- Uriah Heep may be a crawling creature; but his crawling takes him upstairs.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- What should such fellows as I do crawling between heaven and earth?
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Close by him four little children were crawling around on the ground.
- Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
- All other means have been tried, short of crawling on our bellies to these Dutch hinds!
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- No use being angry because the monument was crawling with Tommies!
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- "We must be crawling upon him, I should think," Max remarked.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- These men were as far removed from him as the crawling beetle is from the butterfly.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- Was my late folly known to this crawling maligner after all?
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- And there, yes, there, crawling away in the darkness was a black figure.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- Most of them had begun to move, until fully half were crawling about.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
Antonyms for crawling
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