Slipping synonyms
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Part of speech:
moving as on a slippery surface
To be a sneak; behave in a stealthy, underhanded, or cowardly manner
To be wrong or mistaken; fall into error
To slide is defined as to smoothly move over a surface, or to shift down or decrease.
To pass gradually or smoothly; slip:
(Intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
To slide sharply downward
To trap or catch in an error or inconsistency.
To fall into sin or error; do wrong
Harbor is defined as to hide, protect or cling to.
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
To slip by; pass:
To shift is to move or change, or to cause something else to move or change.
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To go down slowly; fall or descend gradually
growing worse
To move or come into or next to a dock.
Blunder means to say or do something in a careless or stupid way.
Mistake is defined as to misinterpret or to confuse someone with another person.
To stir the emotions:
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To decline in price, value, sales, etc.
To upset the order of; disarrange; disrupt
To have a miscarriage; to abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so. [from 16th c.]
To shake hands:
To wander from or become ignorant of:
To avoid complying with or fulfilling:
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To unfasten; untie.
To open or make loose; untie, unlock, undo, etc.
To untie, disassemble, or loosen:
To release or relax a clasp or grasp; let go.
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To untie; unfasten
To become loose or looser:
In a loose manner.
To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.
To move or proceed with little effort:
To move, pass, etc. stealthily, quietly, gradually, or without being noticed
To move in a sinuous or gliding manner:
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To move about stealthily.
To move stealthily or cautiously.
(Intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
To move furtively
To move stealthily or cautiously.
improving (antonym)
(Dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
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perfecting (antonym)
correcting (antonym)
To scold or punish so as to improve or reform.
righting (related)
Toward or on the right.
increasing (related)
Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.
helping (related)
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
tightening (related)
The definition of tighten is to make something more fixed in place, more constricted, or more snug.
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Undergoing failure:
in error
unsatisfactory (related)
Inadequate, substandard or not satisfactory
To omit is to leave something out or to fail to do something.
To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
To do (something) badly or awkwardly
To waste time, shirk one's duties, etc.
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To commit a mistake or an error.
Find another word for slipping. In this page you can discover 64 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for slipping, like: slithering, sneaking, erring, sliding, lapsing, gliding, sluing, skidding, tripping, stumbling and harboring.