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Antonyms for interminable
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : in-tur-muh-nuh-buh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɜr mə nə bəl |
Definition of interminable
Origin :- late 14c., from Late Latin interminabilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + terminabilis, from terminalis (see terminal). Related: Interminably.
- adj infinite
- For three interminable minutes we faced each other without a move.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- Their conversations are interminable; but, when will she be tired of him?
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- There was little conversation during that interminable hour.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- It seemed like being lost in an interminable dream of horror.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- He almost stifled beneath the interminable expanse of foliage.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- After what seemed an interminable wait, Mr. Baker glanced at his watch, then rose.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- An interminable and sustained howl completed my discomfiture.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- This is one of the coldest days of this most damnable and interminable winter.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- He paid an interminable visit, and we asked him to stop and dine with us.
- Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
- His footsteps seemed to measure the interminable duration of the night.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
Synonyms for interminable
- boring
- boundless
- ceaseless
- constant
- continuous
- day-and-night
- dragged out
- dull
- endless
- eternal
- everlasting
- immeasurable
- incessant
- interminate
- limitless
- long
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- looped
- never-ending
- no end of
- no end to
- on a treadmill
- permanent
- perpetual
- protracted
- spun out
- strung out
- timeless
- unbound
- unceasing
- uninterrupted
- unlimited
- wearisome
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