everlasting
lasting forever; eternal: everlasting future life.
lasting or continuing for an indefinitely long time: the everlasting hills.
incessant; constantly recurring: He is plagued by everlasting attacks of influenza.
wearisome; tedious: She tired of his everlasting puns.
eternal duration; eternity: What is the span of one life compared with the everlasting?
the Everlasting, God.
any of various plants that retain their shape or color when dried, as certain composite plants of the genera Helichrysum, Gnaphalium, and Helipterum.
Origin of everlasting
1synonym study For everlasting
Opposites for everlasting
Other words from everlasting
- ev·er·last·ing·ly, adverb
- ev·er·last·ing·ness, noun
- qua·si-ev·er·last·ing, adjective
- qua·si-ev·er·last·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use everlasting in a sentence
Didn't the one stupendous obligation cover everything, and lay him, everlastingly abject, at her feet?
The Creators | May SinclairI can't spend it out here; can't even tip the servants at the hotel without everlastingly demoralizing them.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeThe girls used to sit about indoors and embroider—oh, everlastingly!
Four Days | Hetty HemenwayHe must be everlastingly tactful and not attempt more than the simplest advances at the beginning and not more than one at a time.
Church Cooperation in Community Life | Paul L. VogtYou are everlastingly going somewhere, Theo, and Elin and I stay at home, as usual.
Theo | Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
British Dictionary definitions for everlasting
/ (ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ) /
never coming to an end; eternal
lasting for an indefinitely long period
lasting so long or occurring so often as to become tedious; incessant: I cannot bear her everlasting complaints
endless duration; eternity
Also called: everlasting flower another name for immortelle See also cat's-foot
Derived forms of everlasting
- everlastingly, adverb
- everlastingness, noun
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