linger
Delay one's departure
Linger means to stay longer than expected or necessary, often reluctantly or with a sense of delay.
A guest lingers after a party; a smell lingers in a room.
The word suggests something fading slowly rather than ending abruptly: The taste lingered on my tongue.
To linger over something is to take unhurried time with it: We lingered over coffee.
A lingering doubt or illness persists when you wish it wouldn't.
Delay one's leaving
- dawdleLinger without purpose
- dallyLoiter without purpose
- loiterRemain idly in place
- procrastinateDelay action unnecessarily
hesitate · stall · pause · drag · lag · dilly-dally · protract · temporize
Remain in position
- persistContinue firmly onward
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- lastFinal in sequence
- continueGo on without stopping
abide · hover · hang on · survive · hold on · cling · remain · outlast
Recall past experiences fondly
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
sentimental · memories · reverie · pine · homesick · bittersweet · recollect
Trouble persistently, as spirits
- ghostApparition of the dead
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- echoReflected sound wave
- shadowLight blocked by object
trace · remnant · vestige · memory · presence · phantom · apparition · spirit
Comfortable waiting room
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- loafBaked bread shape
- hang aroundRemain somewhere idly
- mill aboutMove aimlessly in groups
skulk · lurk · stand around · drift · kill time · waste time · hang out · mooch
tarry
Delay one's leaving
procrastinate · hesitate · stall · pause · drag · lag · dilly-dally · protract · temporize · wait
stay
Remain in position
continue · abide · hover · hang on · survive · hold on · cling · remain · outlast · carry on
reminisce
Recall past experiences fondly
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
melancholy · sentimental · memories · reverie · pine · homesick · bittersweet · recollect
haunt
Trouble persistently, as spirits
shadow · trace · remnant · vestige · memory · presence · phantom · apparition · spirit · afterimage
lounge
Comfortable waiting room
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- loafBaked bread shape
- hang aroundRemain somewhere idly
mill about · skulk · lurk · stand around · drift · kill time · waste time · hang out · mooch
relish
Keen pleasurable appreciation
appreciate · enjoy · indulge · treasure · cherish · revel · delight in · soak in · take in · immerse
persistent
Continuing despite difficulty
- stubbornRefusing to change course
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- enduringPersisting through time
lasting · nagging · unresolved · prolonged · ongoing · chronic · recurring · residual · remaining
- lingering doubtsPersistent feelings of uncertainty
- lingering presenceSensation that remains behind
- lingering lookExtended visual attention
- lingering touchExtended gentle contact
- lingering gazeExtended visual attention
- lingering symptoms
lingering, lingers, lingered, lingeringly, lingerer, lingerers