Antonyms for abiding

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-bahy-ding

Phonetic Transcription : əˈbaɪ dɪŋ

Definition of abiding

Origin : late 14c., "enduring," present participle adjective from abide (v.).

adj continuing or existing for an indefinite time

Example sentences :

I have an abiding faith in their capacity, integrity and high purpose.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

And because he had too abiding a gentleness to say it, the insanity of her anger rose anew.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Without that, no deep or abiding revival, no powerful conversion.
Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray

Never was vengeance more terrible, far-reaching, and abiding.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

And all the time he had an abiding consciousness of her bodily presence.
Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad

Riches, honor, the pleasures of sense—these held no true and abiding bliss.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

She had mistaken it for that abiding peace which is not lost or won in a day.
Extract from : « Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) » by Constance Fenimore Woolson

Too mighty, lords of heaven, did you deem the brood of Rome, had this your gift been abiding.
Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil

But in this new social order is there nothing rich and abiding?
Extract from : « The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 » by Various

Their life is one of perfect and abiding peace and of sweet content.
Extract from : « The Doctor of Pimlico » by William Le Queux

Synonyms for abiding

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