lurking
/ˈlɜr·kɪŋ/ adj [not gradable]Definition
› fig. She had a lurking suspicion (= a feeling that stayed in her mind) that he wasn’t telling the truth.
(Definition of lurking adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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