Interminable and Long

Interminable

Interminable adjective - Tiresomely long; seemingly without end.
Usage example: an interminable sermon

Long is a synonym for interminable in endless topic. In some cases you can use "Long" instead an adjective "Interminable", when it comes to topics like infinite.

Nearby Word: interminably

Long

Long adjective - Lasting for a considerable time.
Usage example: if it's boring, even a movie with a running time of 90 minutes can seem long

Interminable is a synonym for long in prolonged topic. You can use "Interminable" instead an adjective "Long".

Nearby Word: longed

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / British Accents As described by Alistair Maclean in HMS Ullysses "His short vowels were long, the long vowels interminable, in short: the very worst product of the english public school system."
  • This is actually more of a generational thing: many movies of the 1930s were less than 90 minutes long (some weren't even 80 minutes long), so Kane seemed interminable by comparison.
  • Literature / A Scanner Darkly It shows the pay off: a brief life of dark instability where wonderful moments can still happen, terminated quickly by damage, psychosis and death; or a world of straight living where nothing changes and routine just whiles away the interminable time of your long life.
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