lurking

2 definitions • 4 examples

a lurking feeling exists, although it may not be very strong, and will not go away:

I have some lurking doubts about whether Simon is really capable of doing this job.

She said she had a lurking suspicion that he wasn't telling the truth.

a lurking person or animal is waiting where he, she, or it cannot be seen, usually waiting to attack or do something bad:

Her privacy could be invaded at any time by a lurking photographer.

a lurking predator