What is another word for dragged out?

Pronunciation: [dɹˈaɡd ˈa͡ʊt] (IPA)

The phrase "dragged out" is synonymous with various other terms that convey a sense of prolongation or weariness. For instance, you could use the phrase "extended" to describe a process that was unnecessarily long or overcomplicated. "Protracted" suggests a similar idea but with an added sense of difficulty or hardship. Alternatively, if you want to emphasize the boredom or monotony involved, you could use "tedious" or "tiresome" instead. Other related synonyms include "exhausting," "draining," "drawn-out," "excruciating," and "laborious." All of these words convey a similar sentiment and are useful alternatives to "dragged out" when describing a situation that is taking too long or is otherwise unsatisfying.

What are the hypernyms for Dragged out?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Dragged out

  • There is incredible value in being of service to others. I think if most of the people in therapy offices were dragged out to put their finger in a dike, take up their place in a working line, they would be relieved of terrible burdens.
    Elizabeth Berg
  • Once … I was offered a lift by some carters … It was the Thursday before Easter. I was seated in the first cart, with a strong, red, coarse carman, who evidently drank. On entering a village we saw a well-fed, naked, pink pig being dragged out of the first yard to be slaughtered. It squealed in a dreadful voice, resembling the shriek of a man. Just as we were passing they began to kill it. A man gashed its throat with a knife. The pig squealed still more loudly and piercingly, broke away from the men, and ran off covered with blood. Being near-sighted I did not see all the details. I saw only the human-looking pink body of the pig and heard its desperate squeal; but the carter saw all the details and watched closely. They caught the pig, knocked it down, and finished cutting: its throat. When its squeals ceased the carter sighed heavily. 'Do men really not have to answer for such things?' he said.
    Leo Tolstoy
  • The poor child, as Charles Lamb so touchingly expresses it, is not brought, but "dragged out," and if the wits are sharpened, so, too, is the soft, round cheek. The crippled limb and broken constitution attest the effects of the over-early struggle with penury; but the child of rich parents suffers, though in another way; there is the heart that is crippled, by the selfishness of indulgence and the habit of relying upon others. It takes years of harsh contact with the realities of life to undo the enervating work of a spoilt and over aided childhood. We cannot too soon learn the strong and useful lessons of exertion and self-dependance.
    Letitia Elizabeth Landon
  • This counsel Sidney complied with, yet he had to suffer for his folly, for, according to his own account, he was dragged out of bed by the Devil, three times in one night, by his heels. Whether this be true or not, one thing is certain, his contrition of soul was as great as a man could well live through.
    Lucy Mack Smith

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