adjective marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner; `it was a strange dragging approach`; `years of dragging war` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
extremely tired or slow, as in movement; lethargic; sluggish: He was annoyed by their dragging way of walking and talking. · used in dragging, hoisting, etc.: dragging ropes. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/dragging