Antonyms for crawling


Grammar : Adj
Spell : krawl
Phonetic Transcription : krɔl


Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for crawling

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