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everlasting
[ev-er-las-ting, -lah-sting]
adjective
lasting forever; eternal.
everlasting future life.
Antonyms: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.
noun
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.
everlasting
/ ˌɛəˈɑːɪŋ /
adjective
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
noun
endless duration; eternity
Also called: everlasting flower.another name for immortelle See also cat's-foot
Other 51Թ Forms
- everlastingly adverb
- everlastingness noun
- quasi-everlasting adjective
- quasi-everlastingly adverb
- ˌ𱹱ˈپԲԱ noun
- ˌ𱹱ˈپԲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of everlasting1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"But for those that would like to see eternal and everlasting life, I encourage you to embrace my lord and savior, Jesus Christ," she smugly declared.
Justin kisses Keisha on the head, and they lovingly part — acknowledging that nothing is everlasting — except, maybe, what we decide to hold close.
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
A party, a song, an everlasting commune, each major character in the movie is chasing down some kind of dream, the same essential proof that they lived.
“Krapp’s Last Tape” creates a dialogue between an old man and his younger self, through audio diary tapes that reveal what the character was like 30 years earlier — to his everlasting disgust.
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