Shambling

/ˈʃæmblɪŋ/

Synonyms for "shambling" (21 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

Strong matches (6)

Related words (10)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

14 entries
gaitinstitutioninstitutional qualitylocomotionmovemovementmovement qualityorganizationorganizational attributephysical attributeprogresssystemwalkwalking

More specific

15 entries
awkward walkcrawldragging gaitdriftdysfunctional committeeinefficient bureauinefficient departmentinept departmentlumbermeanderramshackle bureaucracyshufflestaggerstallingstumbling gait

Collocations

11 entries
shambling alongshambling bureaucracyshambling crowdshambling figureshambling gaitshambling movementshambling movementsshambling organizationshambling processionshambling progressshambling steps

Inflections

5 entries
more shamblingmost shamblingshambledshamblesshamblings

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

An instant afterwards there appeared a little wizened fellow with a cringing manner and a shambling style of walking. He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn.

Source: tatoeba (6981714)

moving with a shambling gait

Source: wiktionary

a shambling giant of a man

Source: wiktionary

If there was any magic in the video clips, it was a weak spell. Lurching between slow zooms and jerky cuts, these videos brought vaguely aspirational images to uneasy, shambling life: petals on a bathroom floor; animals lumbering through a dewy garden; an unmanned treadmill running in an otherwise empty penthouse suite.

Source: wiktionary

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