everlasting
Americanadjective
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lasting forever; eternal.
everlasting future life.
- Antonyms:
- transitory
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lasting or continuing for an indefinitely long time.
the everlasting hills.
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incessant; constantly recurring.
He is plagued by everlasting attacks of influenza.
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wearisome; tedious.
She tired of his everlasting puns.
noun
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eternal duration; eternity.
What is the span of one life compared with the everlasting?
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the Everlasting, God.
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any of various plants that retain their shape or color when dried, as certain composite plants of the genera Helichrysum, Gnaphalium, and Helipterum.
adjective
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never coming to an end; eternal
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lasting for an indefinitely long period
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lasting so long or occurring so often as to become tedious; incessant
I cannot bear her everlasting complaints
noun
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endless duration; eternity
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Also called: everlasting flower. another name for immortelle See also cat's-foot
Related Words
See eternal.
Other Word Forms
- everlastingly adverb
- everlastingness noun
- quasi-everlasting adjective
- quasi-everlastingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of everlasting
Example Sentences
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The everlasting draw of “The Forsyte Saga” to both men and women, then, is in the way these stories capture the plight of patriarchal pressures, spoken and implied.
From Salon
We now know that all of that was false, to Powell’s everlasting shame.
From Salon
“Wuthering Heights” is a reminder of just how effective and everlasting a novel can be; of the places it can take us and the multitude of emotions it can make us feel.
From Salon
With both films, art transforms grief into something everlasting.
From Los Angeles Times
It was a symbol of forgiveness, of everlasting love, of all of the things we wish that we could change that we cannot.
From Salon
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