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prolonged

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /p?o??l??d/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p????l??d/
  • (cotcaught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /p?o??l??d/
  • Hyphenation: pro?longed

Adjective

prolonged (comparative more prolonged, superlative most prolonged)

  1. lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.

Synonyms

  • enduring, longsome; see also Thesaurus:lasting

Antonyms

  • brief, temporary; see also Thesaurus:ephemeral

Translations

Verb

prolonged

  1. simple past tense and past participle of prolong

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tiresome

English

Etymology

tire +? -some

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?ta??s?m/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ta??s?m/
  • Hyphenation: tire?some

Adjective

tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)

  1. Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
    Eventually his long stories became tiresome.

Synonyms

  • (causing fatigue or boredom): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, exhausting
  • See also Thesaurus:wearisome

Antonyms

  • (causing fatigue or boredom): energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting

Derived terms

  • tiresomeness

Translations

Anagrams

  • Timorese, mroseite, romeites

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