dragging
Slowly pulling behind
Dragging is the present participle of drag, carrying all its senses—pulling something along a surface, moving slowly, or extending tediously: The meeting kept dragging on.
In internet slang, dragging someone means publicly criticizing or mocking them, often at length: Twitter was dragging him for that take.
Drag-and-drop computing uses dragging to move files or objects across a screen.
Short forceful pull
- haulPull or carry laboriously
- towPull something behind
- heaveForceful lift or throw
- schlepAwkward, effortful journey
lug · trailing · sledge · winch · hoist · towline · rope · cable
Failing to engage interest
- dullLacking edge or interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
dreary · humdrum · repetitive · mind-numbing · interminable · endless · unexciting · droning
Leisurely time-wasting
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
- laggingFailing to keep pace
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
plodding · shuffling · slogging · lumbering · prolonging · stretching · stalling · delaying
tug
Short forceful pull
schlep · lug · trailing · sledge · winch · hoist · towline · rope · cable · anchor
boring
Failing to engage interest
- dullLacking edge or interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
wearisome · dreary · humdrum · repetitive · mind-numbing · interminable · endless · unexciting · droning · long-winded
dawdling
Leisurely time-wasting
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
- laggingFailing to keep pace
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
creeping · plodding · shuffling · slogging · lumbering · prolonging · stretching · stalling · delaying · languishing
resistance
Capacity to withstand force
- coefficientNumber multiplying a variable
- tractionAdhesive friction enabling movement
- abrasionShallow surface wound
sliding · aerodynamic · surface · roughness · brake · parachute · anchor · slowing · retarding · impeding
tiring
Causing fatigue
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- fatiguingCausing weariness or exhaustion
sapping · wearing · depleting · enervating · wearying · taxing · laborious · arduous · punishing · demanding
- computer mouseclicking, double-click, left-click, right-click, scrolling
- draft workplowing, hauling, carting, towing, drayage
- manual laborfarming, lifting, carrying, shoveling, loading
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- digital activitiesbrowsing, scrolling, clicking, sharing, liking
- exertioneffort, straining, strain, heaving, labor
- dragging onContinuing tediously beyond expectation
- dragging one's feetIntentionally slowing progress
- dragging outExtending duration needlessly
- dragging through the mudAttacking someone's character publicly
- dragging feetDelaying through reluctance
- foot draggingDeliberate slowness or delay