Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Sprawling

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That sprawls; that spreads in a disorderly fashion.

    "a sprawling cityscape"

Adjective
  1. 1
    spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who sprawls.

    "Having feasted our souls with this sublime spectacle, we ministered to the wants of the body by a plentiful breakfast, and about noon we commenced the descent, rendered ludicrous enough by various tumblings and sprawlings on the part of the more inexpert mountaineers."

  2. 2
    an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sprawl form-of, gerund, participle, present

See also for "sprawling"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: sprawling