Synonyms for lurking
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lurk |
| Phonetic Transcription : lÉœrk |
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
- 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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