everlasting

[ ev-er-las-ting, -lah-sting ]
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adjective
  1. lasting forever; eternal: everlasting future life.

  2. lasting or continuing for an indefinitely long time: the everlasting hills.

  1. incessant; constantly recurring: He is plagued by everlasting attacks of influenza.

  2. wearisome; tedious: She tired of his everlasting puns.

noun
  1. eternal duration; eternity: What is the span of one life compared with the everlasting?

  2. the Everlasting, God.

  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; see origin at ever, lasting

synonym study For everlasting

1. See eternal.

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 Sinclair
  • I can't spend it out here; can't even tip the servants at the hotel without everlastingly demoralizing them.

    The Wreckers | Francis Lynde
  • The girls used to sit about indoors and embroider—oh, everlastingly!

    Four Days | Hetty Hemenway
  • He must be everlastingly tactful and not attempt more than the simplest advances at the beginning and not more than one at a time.

  • You are everlastingly going somewhere, Theo, and Elin and I stay at home, as usual.

    Theo | Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett

British Dictionary definitions for everlasting

everlasting

/ (ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. never coming to an end; eternal

  2. lasting for an indefinitely long period

  1. lasting so long or occurring so often as to become tedious; incessant: I cannot bear her everlasting complaints

noun
  1. endless duration; eternity

  2. 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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