 everlasting |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] continuing forever or indefinitely | |
| Synonyms: | eternal unending perpetual unceasing ageless | |
| Examples: | "the ageless themes of love and revenge" "eternal truths" "life everlasting" "hell's perpetual fires" "the unending bliss of heaven" |
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| Related terms: | permanent | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] expletives used informally as intensifiers | |
| Synonyms: | damned darned goddam goddamned damn blessed infernal deuced goddamn blame blamed blasted | |
| Examples: | "he's a blasted idiot" "it's a blamed shame" "not a blessed dime" "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing" "he's a damn fool" "an infernal nuisance" |
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| Related terms: | cursed | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | |
| Synonyms: | utter pure double-dyed gross complete perfect sodding stark staring thoroughgoing consummate arrant | |
| Examples: | "an arrant fool" "a complete coward" "a consummate fool" "gross negligence" "a perfect idiot" "pure folly" "what a sodding mess" "stark staring mad" "utter nonsense" |
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| Related terms: | unmitigated | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] lasting for an indefinitely long period of time | |
| Synonyms: | eternal aeonian eonian lasting | |
| Related terms: | immortal | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (informal) continuing too long | |
| Examples: | "everlasting complaints" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism continual | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (botany) any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color | |
| Synonyms: | everlasting_flower | |
| Related terms: | composite pearly_everlasting cascade_everlasting cudweed strawflower strawflower pink-and-white_everlasting Swan_River_everlasting immortelle Compositae | |
| Similar spelling: |
everlastingly every_last |
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