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Adjective
Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual
Very serious or severe
Abounding in words or containing more words than necessary
Without breaks, gaps or interruptions
Put off till a later time
Large in scale or size
Characterized by extreme force, degree, or strength
Requiring considerable time and effort
Verb
To have made a quantity bigger
Past tense for to extend or make longer
Past tense for to halt an activity or task temporarily
Past tense for to maintain, prolong, or keep something going
Past tense for to delay taking action
Past tense for to make (someone or something) late or slow
Past tense for to remain in existence, or in the same state, indefinitely or for an extended period
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Adjective
▲
Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual
extended
long
lengthy
prolonged
long-drawn-out
overlong
interminable
lengthened
never-ending
time-consuming
lingering
sustained
drawn out
drawn-out
endless
marathon
slow
stretched out
long-winded
prolix
rambling
verbose
wordy
continued
deep
delayed
distant
dragged out
dragging
elongate
elongated
enduring
enlarged
expanded
extensive
faraway
far-off
far-reaching
gangling
great
high
lanky
lasting
lofty
longish
outstretched
rangy
remote
running
spun out
stretch
stretched
stretching
stringy
strung out
tall
towering
spread out
tedious
wearisome
boring
long-term
long-lasting
seemingly endless
dragged-out
very long
long-lived
diffuse
spun-out
king-size
oversized
king-sized
ponderous
far
king size
increased
continuing
laborious
unending
dull
boundless
limitless
long-drawn
without end
convoluted
persistent
discursive
gradual
garrulous
digressive
progressive
diffusive
overextended
tardy
dilatory
late
draggy
conservative
padded
tiresome
windy
made longer
lengthwise
unfurled
unrolled
widened
proffered
conferred
for ages
abiding
durable
painful
unfolded
spread
broad
endlong
long-run
forever and a day
long-standing
long-running
of considerable length
linear
longstanding
overall
everlasting
ceaseless
longitudinal
incessant
unceasing
constant
perpetual
uninterrupted
infinite
unlimited
non-stop
unbroken
monotonous
continual
immeasurable
meandering
unbounded
unbound
interminate
eternal
permanent
day-and-night
continuous
looped
timeless
no end of
no end to
on a treadmill
open
outspread
spread-out
fanned out
widely spread
considerable
sprawled
epic
gruelling
UK
grueling
US
ringent
secure
steady
stable
flared
firm
solid
established
sound
fixed
straightened out
wide-open
fanlike
longevous
fully extended
opened up
splayed out
persisting
perennial
perdurable
advancing
pursuing
chronic
maintaining
persevering
sustaining
progressing
wide open
open wide
opened out
old as Methuselah
full of years
carrying on
more ❯
“The struggle was bitter and
protracted
.”
Adjective
▲
Very serious or severe
abiding
ceaseless
chronic
confirmed
constant
continual
continuing
continuous
deep-rooted
deep-seated
enduring
ever-present
fixed
habitual
inborn
inbred
incurable
ineradicable
ingrained
inveterate
lasting
lifelong
long-lived
long-standing
obstinate
perennial
persistent
persisting
recurrent
recurring
rooted
routine
settled
stubborn
tenacious
unabating
unmitigated
unyielding
usual
prolonged
long-lasting
lingering
sustained
long-drawn-out
dragging
slow
remaining
spun-out
drawn-out
haunting
serious
incessant
severe
acute
dangerous
unending
alarming
extreme
dire
grave
never-ending
established
perpetual
endless
unceasing
uninterrupted
eternal
unremitting
unrelenting
permanent
interminable
relentless
everlasting
non-stop
nonstop
unbroken
round-the-clock
steady
ongoing
unrelieved
repeated
frequent
timeless
dateless
unfailing
undying
running
regular
unchanging
continued
persevering
immortal
ageless
imperishable
neverending
unflagging
unwaning
unvarying
staying
repetitive
perdurable
around-the-clock
oft-repeated
without respite
sustaining
advancing
pursuing
maintaining
progressing
carrying on
durable
unwavering
unabated
deathless
inherent
indefatigable
fundamental
built-in
unfaltering
innate
old
longstanding
inbuilt
connected
aeonian
consecutive
round the clock
unsleeping
accustomed
long-l
habituated
always-on
maintained
remorseless
diligent
assiduous
unsparing
inexorable
periodical
periodic
current
in progress
sedulous
unwearied
unalleviated
hard
harsh
stern
sempiternal
regularized
US
standardised
UK
regularised
UK
standardized
US
long-term
dogged
tireless
untiring
extended
long
marathon
far
great
long-drawn
lengthy
monotonous
undeviating
nagging
unswerving
interminate
unwearying
pushy
never-ceasing
longevous
old as Methuselah
full of years
constitutional
entrenched
intrinsic
firm
profound
deep
basic
dyed-in-the-wool
secure
hard-core
intrenched
bred-in-the-bone
unshakeable
irremovable
radical
integral
ingrain
hardwired
essential
constitutive
natural
native
indigenous
immanent
hereditary
indelible
subconscious
longtime
well established
brassbound
congenital
in the blood
indwelling
in-built
deep down
lodged in one's brain
deeply felt
returning
annual
yearlong
yearly
seasonal
never-changing
year-round
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Abounding in words or containing more words than necessary
verbose
wordy
prolix
garrulous
rambling
talkative
windy
loquacious
diffuse
gabby
voluble
mouthy
effusive
lengthy
circuitous
gushing
talky
pleonastic
circumlocutory
repetitious
gassy
expansive
multiloquent
discursive
babbling
multiloquous
blathering
meandering
digressive
tedious
periphrastic
prattling
tautological
jabbering
wandering
repetitive
yakking
logorrheic
indirect
bombastic
wittering
convoluted
prating
gobby
redundant
tortuous
yacking
involved
ambagious
logorrhoeic
orotund
palaverous
pompous
flowery
fustian
grandiloquent
magniloquent
pretentious
repeating
rhetorical
tautologous
long-winded
big-mouthed
with the gift of the gab
full of air
having kissed the Blarney stone
long-drawn-out
overlong
prolonged
maundering
long
turgid
tiresome
boring
interminable
wearisome
chatty
sesquipedalian
circumlocutionary
full of verbiage
waffly
vague
loose
waffling
flatulent
inflated
empty
roundabout
diffusive
profuse
copious
random
drawn-out
exuberant
lavish
dull
verbal
laborious
ponderous
endless
unending
spun out
dragged out
chattering
gossipy
conversational
communicative
chattery
gossiping
glib
motormouthed
blabby
gibbering
loose-lipped
able to talk the hind legs off a donkey
fluent
full of hot air
having kissed the blarney stone
articulate
eloquent
loudmouthed
forthcoming
slick
smooth
gaseous
motormouth
having kissed the Blarney Stone
over-talkative
open
silver-tongued
unreserved
noisy
bigmouthed
vociferous
running on
tonguey
yakkity
prosy
wind-bag
loose-tongued
yakky
blabbermouth
flap jaw
blessed with the gift of the gab
running on at the mouth
vocal
outgoing
high-flown
ranting
outspoken
rattling
blithering
driveling
US
gabbling
blabbering
chitchatting
drivellous
blustering
oratorical
lofty
grandiose
histrionic
euphuistic
overwrought
rhetoric
ostentatious
affected
declamatory
highfalutin
high-sounding
excessively communicative
rhapsodic
big-talking
sonorous
windbag
aureate
balderdash
tumid
overblown
swollen
stuffed shirt
drivelling
UK
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Without breaks, gaps or interruptions
solid
continuous
steady
unbroken
uninterrupted
continual
incessant
unremitting
perpetual
relentless
running
ceaseless
lengthy
prolonged
undivided
everlasting
permanent
unrelenting
eternal
long
ongoing
unfaltering
consecutive
endless
perennial
regular
continued
unending
closed
extended
unceasing
interminable
nonstop
recurring
unabating
constant
extensive
persistent
sustained
drawn out
drawn-out
never-ending
non-stop
stretched out
outstretched
elongated
lengthened
continuing
round-the-clock
unrelieved
enduring
timeless
dateless
repeated
unvarying
unfailing
unflagging
unchanging
persisting
unwaning
staying
repetitive
connected
aeonian
oft-repeated
around-the-clock
frequent
recurrent
chronic
always-on
without respite
immortal
abiding
imperishable
undying
lasting
ageless
undisturbed
unsparing
remorseless
diligent
unwavering
unabated
assiduous
inexorable
indefatigable
unyielding
sedulous
harsh
unwearied
unalleviated
hard
stern
untroubled
straight
successive
smooth
stable
no end of
for ever and ever
day and night
without end
no end to
without surcease
steady-going
on a treadmill
with no let-up
without a break
straightforward
direct
through
without stopping
in succession
day-and-night
round the clock
24-hour
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Put off till a later time
deferred
delayed
negotiated
postponed
adjourned
assessed
charged
funded
pigeonholed
prolonged
remanded
renegotiated
retarded
scrubbed
stalled
temporised
UK
temporized
US
held up
indebted
in waiting
on hold
on the shelf
staved off
Adjective
▲
Large in scale or size
great
big
immense
appreciable
boundless
considerable
enormous
extreme
gigantic
high
huge
large
sizeable
strong
terrible
tremendous
vast
colossal
mammoth
abundant
ample
extended
extensive
giant
ginormous
humongous
humungous
prodigious
pronounced
stupendous
thumping
titanic
towering
voluminous
whopping
broad
bulky
cosmic
excessive
expansive
gargantuan
jumbo
massive
monstrous
numerous
oversize
prolonged
sizable
spacious
wide
bull
decided
fat
herculean
lengthy
long
mondo
husky
astronomic
astronomical
biggish
bumper
cavernous
cosmical
elephantine
galactic
goodly
Himalayan
hulking
king-size
king-sized
largish
leviathan
monolithic
mountainous
outsize
outsized
oversized
supersized
vasty
walloping
whacking
brobdingnagian
Bunyanesque
heavyweight
massy
mastodonic
king size
comprehensive
thorough
sweeping
universal
complete
widespread
wide-ranging
wholesale
far-reaching
all-inclusive
exhaustive
profound
pervasive
all-encompassing
large-scale
deep
all-embracing
expanded
far-flung
major
rangy
blanket
prevalent
scopious
unrestricted
inclusive
multidisciplinary
comprising
hefty
indiscriminate
interdisciplinary
catholic
across the board
scopic
cross-disciplinary
unexclusive
wall to wall
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Characterized by extreme force, degree, or strength
intense
fierce
acute
extreme
great
severe
deep
profound
harsh
powerful
concentrated
exquisite
intensive
serious
enormous
exceptional
extraordinary
strong
supreme
almighty
blistering
consuming
drastic
dreadful
excessive
excruciating
explosive
fearful
fearsome
ferocious
forceful
frightful
furious
ghastly
hard
heavy
heavy-duty
hellacious
high
keen
major
potent
terrible
vehement
vicious
vigorous
violent
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
close
full
heightened
intensified
marked
tough
unqualified
all-consuming
biting
bitter
cutting
diligent
exaggerated
forcible
penetrating
piercing
undue
pungent
sharp
shrill
stinging
strained
vivid
mother of all
relentless
all-out
considerable
rigorous
immoderate
comprehensive
passionate
overwhelming
unbearable
strenuous
searing
ardent
tremendous
burning
harrowing
resolute
grievous
determined
torturous
aggressive
painful
energetic
insufferable
incredible
overpowering
racking
zealous
earnest
dramatic
awful
fervent
fiery
mighty
unendurable
persistent
brutal
distressing
shooting
raging
stabbing
thorough
compelling
tormenting
remarkable
unrelenting
impassioned
grave
wholehearted
indescribable
eager
prodigious
fanatical
dedicated
intolerable
fervid
oppressive
heartfelt
deep-seated
assertive
dogged
steadfast
unutterable
flaming
enthusiastic
unwavering
active
dire
committed
dynamic
titanic
wild
very great
impressive
weighty
inordinate
concerted
staunch
crushing
spirited
steady
impossible
tenacious
total
emotional
gut-wrenching
emphatic
puissant
powerhouse
assiduous
punishing
telling
heated
painstaking
constant
firm
punchy
gutsy
turbulent
fast
unrestrained
intemperate
pounding
perfervid
intent
thoroughgoing
complete
unfaltering
hellish
single-minded
demanding
excellent
resounding
muscular
tireless
uncontrolled
fixed
wrenching
stirring
cruel
bold
onerous
poignant
difficult
deep-rooted
rough
exciting
marvelous
US
marvellous
UK
ambitious
grim
radical
bad
savage
indefatigable
thrilling
torrid
uncontrollable
heartrending
unswerving
hefty
hard-hitting
unflagging
irresistible
untiring
out-and-out
vital
disturbing
robust
splitting
resolved
maximum
unremitting
arresting
thumping
immense
unyielding
utmost
detailed
critical
smarting
conscientious
big
driving
insistent
sincere
gripping
sure
phenomenal
sudden
urgent
fascinating
true
avid
immovable
ruthless
inexorable
enduring
abiding
formidable
sore
arduous
laborious
devastating
devout
awesome
massive
torturing
grueling
US
never-failing
inflamed
scrupulous
passional
affecting
amazing
minute
red-hot
uncompromising
blazing
absorbing
superb
unbridled
riveting
gruelling
UK
driven
full-blooded
compulsive
stark
outstanding
desperate
very bad
upsetting
loyal
faithful
taxing
consummate
inclement
brilliant
cut-throat
exacting
persuasive
rousing
galling
deeply felt
enterprising
focused
US
heartbreaking
unsparing
exhausting
obstinate
brisk
effective
heart-rending
trying
stiff
in-your-face
afflicting
worrying
burdensome
tortuous
frenzied
heady
persevering
tearing
militant
purposeful
rugged
influential
decided
unbending
uttermost
careful
pronounced
noisy
consistent
commanding
undeviating
focussed
UK
unhesitating
stubborn
meticulous
extensive
incommunicable
abject
set
mean
pulling no punches
hot
unshakeable
stormy
complex
tempestuous
significant
feverish
searching
top
dead set on
stupendous
abstruse
enthralling
warm
herculean
mettlesome
sweeping
exhaustive
durable
sound
methodical
complicated
sedulous
dangerous
colossal
gigantic
besetting
knifelike
irrepressible
sheer
engrossing
spectacular
stifling
pervasive
uncommunicable
raw
intriguing
ultimate
suffocating
devouring
towering
blunt
gargantuan
engaging
terrific
devoted
all-embracing
sad
warm-blooded
tedious
unpleasant
attentive
mortal
right
proper
overriding
dominating
obsessive
tender
fabulous
settled
strict
in-depth
peracute
plucky
steep
cloying
killing
high-powered
distinct
hearty
involving
super
troublesome
lusty
deadly
good
consequential
unforgiving
knockout
dependable
Herculean
high-pressure
merciless
sentimental
all-absorbing
inspiring
all out
staggering
reliable
insane
cool
pushy
very strong
toilsome
wonderful
wretched
miserable
imposing
striking
pitiless
distressful
thunderous
smart
hardhanded
coercive
hardy
dominant
hurtful
tragic
daring
breathtaking
stressful
rotten
strong-willed
unfluctuating
sensational
unmerciful
hot-blooded
pious
murderous
decisive
self-assertive
momentous
remorseless
grinding
absolute
afflictive
true-blue
down-the-line
stalwart
stanch
calamitous
even
unvacillating
unchanging
unshakable
unvarying
unshaken
uniform
out of this world
inhuman
gee-whizz
offensive
struggling
unalloyed
unadulterated
suffering
solid
pat
sustained
regular
unflappable
deliberate
bound
really hard
very hard
hard-hearted
invariant
allegiant
awe-inspiring
first-rate
certain
unquestioning
set in stone
rigid
first-class
brick-wall
industrial-strength
real
diabolical
tumultuous
competitive
unstoppable
dog-eat-dog
heavyweight
long-lasting
shrewd
indefensible
inexcusable
reprehensible
inexpressible
unforgivable
frantic
scorching
boiling
baking
transcending
blustery
gusty
high-energy
cordial
unmatchable
unmeasurable
genuine
entrenched
disgraceful
shameful
parlous
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
drilling
boisterous
squally
roasting
sizzling
hard-core
unfeigned
honest
rooted
intrenched
repressive
rampant
undescribable
amorous
standup
contentious
sweltering
caustic
throbbing
inveterate
bona fide
alert
tropical
parching
withering
annihilatory
gluttonous
corrosive
voracious
insatiable
edacious
far-reaching
deepest
stout
supportive
prickly
twingeing
tingling
scalding
wearisome
industrious
finely tuned
pertinacious
pressing
ablaze
stringent
tormentous
anguishing
confirmed
bred-in-the-bone
valid
cogent
challenging
daunting
wearying
baking hot
blazing hot
blistery
broiling
charged
clamorous
virile
unmixed
crucial
enthused
melodramatic
red-blooded
achy
gnawing
hurting
recondite
solemn
labored
US
confused
te
knotty
testing
ponderous
convincing
pleading
life-threatening
disastrous
restless
disagreeable
very hot
boiling hot
overemotional
emotive
destructive
crying
telescoped
crash
punitive
crippling
austere
out and out
backbreaking
tiring
nasty
beseeching
entreating
begging
obscure
mightful
like a furnace
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unconscionable
swingeing
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draconian
exigent
desolating
damaging
annihilating
abrupt
magnificent
back-breaking
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bruising
toilful
strengthy
strengthful
maximal
plausible
armed
bleak
efficient
efficacious
hazardous
threatening
ugly
captivating
vexatious
disquieting
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downright
interesting
bludgeoning
whole
nauseating
hardheaded
overextravagant
extravagant
headstrong
plethoric
baroque
intractable
overmuch
overdue
devilish
unwelcome
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distasteful
yucky
chilling
unlovely
unpleasing
yukky
traumatic
sour
wicked
unpalatable
displeasing
uncongenial
unsavory
US
very grave
climacteric
torrential
entire
tiresome
forbidding
thorny
operose
uphill
bothersome
upstream
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startling
tense
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mortifying
utter
true blue
sobering
menacing
precarious
perilous
hypnotic
mesmeric
spellbinding
do-or-die
positive
motivated
out
extremely painful
eloquent
conclusive
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unanswerable
compulsory
sickly
astringent
acrid
sickening
nauseous
unsavoury
UK
provoking
annoying
stunning
clamant
self-asserting
pushing
pressurizing
US
go-getting
immersing
round-the-clock
total-immersion
moving
touching
elaborate
laboured
UK
paramount
highest
greatest
hairy
energy-consuming
sapping
killer
effortful
ridiculous
far out
overbearing
shattering
trusty
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outrageous
gross
uber
preposterous
arrant
rank
flagrant
veritable
all-powerful
pure
copious
precipitate
precipitous
rapid
enchanting
entrancing
transfixing
mesmerizing
US
fetid
US
aromatic
unmistakable
invincible
mephitic
rich
spicy
suspenseful
electrifying
hopped up
gung ho
rending
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infuriating
embarrassing
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chastening
torturesome
toe-curling
irritating
pushful
pressured
thrusting
telelogical
hell-bent on
bent on
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mean business
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calculated
be out for blood
hell-bent upon
nose to the grindstone
preoccupying
incomprehensible
enigmatic
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abstract
exclusive
sublime
superlative
splendid
hard-working
pressurising
UK
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overshadowing
foetid
UK
loud
horrendous
horrific
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nagging
addictive
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lively
astounding
lustful
teeming
bucketing
pouring
drenching
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fattening
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buttery
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creamy
accelerated
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collective
not taking no for an answer
pathetic
sovereign
surpassing
swell
groovy
dandy
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primo
grand
divine
like wow
hunky-dory
monumental
graphic
memorable
climactic
dazzling
unmitigated
unshared
engrossed
unreserved
obdurate
stable
liege
immobile
adamant
tried-and-true
trustworthy
unmovable
changeless
established
all-inclusive
elemental
involved
unfathomable
arcane
mesmerising
UK
woeful
overmastering
appalling
irrefutable
abominable
all-encompassing
united
absorbed
swift
shock-horror
stem-winding
high-octane
speeded-up
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greatest possible
vibrant
calorific
unanimous
continued
humungous
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monstrous
giant
piteous
pitiful
sonorous
resonant
breath-taking
meteoric
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bodacious
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conspicuous
studied
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circumspect
all
vigilant
lock stock and barrel
undivided
shocking
godawful
lousy
vile
atrocious
beastly
pitiable
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dense
iron-willed
feisty
plush
astronomic
rare
leviathan
max
vast
mountainous
ginormous
astronomical
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mournful
tearful
hammering
lashing
hard-nosed
unflinching
hot and heavy
skilled
skillful
US
skilful
UK
admirable
masterly
tear-jerking
plaintive
sheeting down
sagacious
self-confident
audible
clear
clarion
ace
stellar
crack
world-class
expert
fine
full-bodied
agitating
nostalgic
perturbing
expressive
strong-minded
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courageous
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cracking
crash-hot
nifty
independent
perceptive
heroic
indomitable
take charge
wizard
callous
stern
cold
firm in spirit
keen as mustard
animated
confident
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stout-hearted
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ironclad
resourceful
ringing
as clear as a bell
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crackerjack
well-done
authoritarian
unfeeling
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hostile
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UK
heavy-handed
heartless
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tyrannical
stoney
browbeating
gruff
unsympathetic
bullying
stony-hearted
compassionless
desensitized
US
hardhearted
ironfisted
ironhearted
uncharitable
cold-hearted
insensitive
stonyhearted
take-no-prisoners
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
more than flesh and blood can bear
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Requiring considerable time and effort
laborious
arduous
hard
difficult
tough
strenuous
onerous
burdensome
exacting
fatiguing
gruelling
UK
heavy
uphill
challenging
formidable
murderous
stiff
tiring
toilsome
wearing
demanding
exhausting
punishing
wearisome
backbreaking
back-breaking
grueling
US
herculean
Herculean
relentless
taxing
trying
Augean
boring
effortful
enervating
hellacious
irksome
killer
killing
moiling
persnickety
pick-and-shovel
rigorous
rough
rugged
severe
sweaty
tall
tedious
testing
tiresome
wearying
exigent
knackering
hardworking
laboured
UK
labored
US
lengthy
operose
painful
wicked
worksome
crushing
draining
stressful
harsh
oppressive
sapping
grinding
brutal
debilitating
troublesome
excruciating
hellish
grievous
fierce
weighty
crippling
unsparing
toilful
harrowing
torturous
stringent
vigorous
grim
energy-consuming
depleting
bothersome
ponderous
daunting
bruising
unremitting
hairy
cruel
ambitious
tortuous
no picnic
colossal
serious
agonizing
US
intolerable
shattering
thorny
unbearable
agonising
UK
tough going
intense
mighty
painstaking
hectic
extreme
galling
cumbersome
vexatious
forbidding
gargantuan
unpleasant
uncomfortable
awkward
nerve-racking
tricky
weary
knotty
sticky
time-consuming
worrying
unforgiving
merciless
mean
gigantic
solemn
enervative
distressing
staggering
imperious
titanic
upstream
intimidating
slavish
unyielding
difficile
really hard
very hard
grave
slow
Sisyphean
inconvenient
disturbing
excessive
austere
prostrating
immoderate
steep
drudging
bitter
murder
pressing
inhuman
busy
searing
hefty
almighty
hardhanded
energetic
impossible
traumatic
tense
immense
anxious
prohibitive
problematic
backbreaker
fraught
vexing
frustrating
pressured
jarring
distressful
exasperating
agitating
discomforting
anxiety-ridden
physical
huge
unreasonable
exorbitant
stretching
prodigious
strained
unfair
massive
withering
searching
responsible
overwhelming
dour
monumental
unrelaxing
dogged
mammoth
thoroughgoing
spartan
racking
chastening
punitive
inexorable
unrelenting
major
courageous
forceful
heroic
impressive
wretched
embittering
overtaxing
overpowering
plodding
headache
large order
heavy sledding
despotic
domineering
exerting
bad
hypercritical
thorough
precise
critical
careful
nit-picking
no piece of cake
drastic
very difficult
soul-sucking
complex
abstruse
stormy
te
complicated
profound
confused
concentrated
intensive
recondite
timewasting
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long
worrisome
unjust
insufferable
by the book
carking
superincumbent
a nuisance
an imposition
ominous
delicate
emotionally draining
dicey
awful
hazardous
easier said than done
high-impact
torturesome
unendurable
hard-won
drudgy
vicious
marathon
troubling
unnerving
high-pressure
problem
tormenting
not easy
like getting blood out of a stone
ferocious
savage
scabrous
uphill battle
heightened
chronophagous
embarrassing
ticklish
nasty
diligent
industrious
sensitive
prickly
tricksy
problematical
dodgy
spiny
touchy
catchy
touch-and-go
frantic
chaotic
barro
active
eventful
frenzied
frenetic
lively
turbulent
restless
flustering
full
tumultuous
animated
riotous
madhouse
furious
tireless
bustling
wild
full on
unruly
spirited
action-packed
rowdy
bumpy
raucous
strict
draconian
dire
swingeing
sharp
strong
substantial
radical
desperate
inordinate
dreadful
acute
extravagant
wrenching
bleak
terrible
dangerous
perilous
precarious
unbending
inflexible
momentous
far-reaching
tight
stern
undue
raging
uncompromising
rigid
piercing
outrageous
unconscionable
unmerciful
torturing
overweening
towering
baroque
devilish
upsetting
overextravagant
overmuch
overdue
insane
plethoric
violent
burning
chancy
concerning
iffy
dark
disagreeable
consequential
consuming
intemperate
pounding
unfriendly
dubious
hostile
suspect
questionable
harmful
whopping
heart-pumping
overburdening
sweeping
Spartan
ruthless
tyrannical
Draconian
authoritarian
extortionate
tempestuous
penetrating
biting
repressive
firm
inclement
stinging
caustic
blistering
cutting
considerable
disastrous
significant
life-threatening
tormentous
plaguing
harrying
anguishing
punitory
afflicting
sobering
big
threatening
peracute
menacing
ugly
controversial
hardheaded
pitiless
intractable
headstrong
penal
stabbing
exquisite
fiendishly difficult
tremendously difficult
very challenging
robust
great
extremely painful
splitting
thumping
zealous
unmitigated
remorseless
unusual
exaggerated
exceptional
very bad
sky-high
iron-fisted
iron-handed
heavy-handed
fanatical
egregious
shooting
tearing
toe-curling
rending
cringe-making
infuriating
stultifying
irritating
downright
unconventional
flagrant
overkill
uncommon
absolute
remarkable
gross
unseemly
preposterous
imprudent
nonsensical
fabulous
lavish
fancy
irrational
utter
improper
sheer
out-and-out
O.T.T.
too much
over the top
out of proportion
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can bear
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have made a quantity bigger
increased
raised
enlarged
improved
incremented
boosted
enhanced
furthered
expanded
extended
proliferated
advanced
amplified
elevated
heightened
maximized
US
optimized
US
augmented
developed
enriched
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progressed
strengthened
consolidated
magnified
multiplied
compounded
doubled
escalated
aggrandized
ameliorated
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broadened
built
grew
lengthened
lifted
reinforced
upped
accelerated
added to
amassed
beefed up
built up
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cranked up
deepened
hiked up
inflamed
jacked up
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snowballed
spread
stepped up
swelled
tripled
widened
annexed
blew up
dilated
distended
fleshed out
marked up
mounted
padded
pumped up
ratcheted up
redoubled
sharpened
shot up
slapped on
supersized
supplemented
tacked on
upraised
upscaled
went up
added
drew out
elongated
followed up
hyped
made better
made bigger
made greater
made larger
maximised
UK
optimised
UK
parlayed
prolonged
pullulated
pumped
teemed
thickened
topped up
waxed
developt
swoll
swollen
burgeoned
accumulated
mushroomed
ballooned
bourgeoned
climbed
grown
intensified
soared
lift
stretched
straught
swarmed
upsurged
become larger
puffed out
appreciated
boomed
rose
risen
gained
clumb
clomb
fattened
accrued
aggravated
rocketed
spiralled
UK
spiraled
US
exaggerated
bloated
bulked
bulged
opened
collected
jacked
filled out
become distended
blown up
rolled up
piled
puffed up
become wider
became larger
hiked
ramped up
souped up
pyramided
bulked up
run up
leaped up
bolstered
become bigger
intumesced
increased in size
tumefied
gone up
became distended
became wider
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got bigger
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ran up
grown quickly
grew quickly
stoked
upgraded
mounted up
exacerbated
flourished
surged
skyrocketed
thrived
prospered
accentuated
gathered
worsened
fortified
made worse
worked up
picked up
put up
amped up
cultivated
bloomed
exalted
elaborated
refined
evolved
intensated
increased rapidly
become more numerous
piled up
jumped up
matured
made progress
scaled up
made headway
thriven
throve
spiked
embellished
roused
feed
fed
cumulated
built on
spread out
perfected
uplifted
promoted
blossomed
made strides
sprouted
propagated
emphasized
US
exploded
flowed
jumped
grew rapidly
grown rapidly
flowered
got larger
filled
sweetened
boosted up
come on
emphasised
UK
increased exponentially
run riot
fostered
polished
updated
stimulated
shaped up
touched up
brushed up
smartened up
fine-tuned
worked out
moved forward
became more numerous
forged ahead
nourished
concentrated
nurtured
acquired
diversified
stockpiled
succeeded
leaped
US
leapt
UK
modernized
US
transformed
modernised
UK
revolutionized
US
meliorated
endowed
stressed
sprung up
sprang up
emerged
ascended
brightened
buttressed
sprung
topped
speeded up
put on a spurt
increased in scope
pushed up
burst
outspread
made healthy
jazzed up
sped up
put on
put fuel on
fattened up
come along
revolutionised
UK
got stronger
set off
come of age
toned up
heated up
het up
burst forth
increased dramatically
ripened
spread quickly
turned up
expounded
detailed
improved on
arose
arisen
explicated
fast-tracked
smartened
straightened out
grew in
grown in
went through the roof
rounded out
reequipped
injected
gone through the roof
spurred on
reequipt
ran riot
secured
came on
fueled
tended
fuelled
overstated
produced
unfolded
issued
sustained
bred
ensued
followed
honed
complemented
dramatized
US
overplayed
embroidered
luxuriated
vitalized
unrolled
moved
pushed
changed
kept burning
overestimated
mended
poked
metastasized
stirred
rekindled
toned
favoured
UK
advantaged
inspirited
titivated
helped
favored
US
amended
invigorated
aided
surged up
nutrified
advertised
underlined
advertized
revitalized
US
altered
metamorphosed
developed rapidly
benefited
benefitted
uprose
uprisen
overemphasized
US
hyperbolized
gained strength
quickened
adapted
complicated
headed
transmogrified
differentiated
proceeded
inclined
sprang
supplied
subsidized
US
confused
confounded
stuffed
spurted
aggregated
manifolded
expatiated
vaulted
towered
escaladed
diffused
piggybacked
came along
billowed
become better
stretched the truth
broadened one's horizons
trucked
poured it on
added insult to injury
adapted yourself
pushed on
totted
tagged on
been successful
practised
UK
practiced
US
reflated
got to
poised
added fuel to the flames
darkened
sent through the roof
acquired more of something
contributed to
hopped up
pushed ahead
branched out
pervaded
started to be
readied
heaped on
revitalised
UK
reached
came of age
welled
increased suddenly
pressed on
swelled up
increased in value
opened out
nerved
peaked
encouraged the growth of
made complex
worked one's way
surcharged
spruced up
scaled
eked out
stacked up
increased in
piled on
pressed forward
worked on
rearmed
fetched up
lightened
moved onward
crammed
subsidised
UK
increased in weight
sent up
dramatised
UK
envigorated
pointed
covered ground
made a big thing out of
rallied
straightened up
added on
overemphasised
UK
deteriorated
become greater
made stronger
turned over new leaf
fanned the flames of
whetted
went through the ceiling
nursed
pushed forward
detonated
shot
fed up
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educed
accented
rounded off
made intricate
made richer
conditioned
poured
got better
become large
rained
provided for
developed quickly
become more powerful
marched on
perked up
stoked up
rubbed salt in the wound
gone through the ceiling
were successful
was successful
made strong
continued
speeded
added value
made first rate
prepared
gave substance to
goosed up
polished up
sped
shored up
stocked up
moved on
added value to
made louder
overrun
extended operations
filled up
gained ground
bucked up
enforced
got on
added fuel to
holp
holpen
got higher
gotten higher
overdone
overdid
added fuel
became greater
added fuel to fire
aped up
went up in price
gone up in price
added fuel to the fire
overran
driven
drove
drave
druv
given substance to
went from bad to worse
gone from bad to worse
got taller
gotten taller
grown greater
grew greater
grown larger
grew larger
given strength to
gave strength to
grown stronger
grew stronger
done well
did well
rose in value
risen in value
grew full
became large
gotten to
grown full
gone
went
became more powerful
brast
gone off
went off
bursten
swollen up
blew something out of all proportion
drove up
blew up out of all proportion
driven up
blown up out of all proportion
blown something out of all proportion
moved ahead
gone forward
shotten
went forth
gone forth
went forward
risen rapidly
rose rapidly
given a boost to
did up
gave a facelift to
done up
given a lift to
drove forward
driven forward
gave a boost to
given a facelift to
gave a lift to
gotten into shape
got into shape
grown up
became better
gotten better
grew up
gotten on
took steps forward
taken steps forward
bore fruit
gone great guns
gotten on well
got on well
went great guns
borne fruit
unfurled
disentangled
padded out
played out
transitioned
enlivened
animated
wrought
worked
awakened
panned out
finished
brought alive
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to extend or make longer
extended
prolonged
lengthened
continued
elongated
dragged out
drew out
drawn out
outstretched
stretched
straught
stretched out
perpetuated
sustained
carried on
cooled
deferred
delayed
drew
drawn
expanded
kept up
made longer
padded
postponed
procrastinated
prolongated
spun out
stalled
strung out
extended the duration of
went on with
gone on with
kept something going
held off
held up
kept going
put off
dragged on
put on hold
let out
increased
amplified
augmented
reached
distended
kept alive
eked out
filled out
dilated
proceeded
persisted
padded out
put rubber in
dragged your feet
let it ride
made something go on and on
fleshed out
elaborated
overstayed
lasted
run
filled
broadened
widened
spun
held
overlapped
endured
pulled out
run on
increased the length of
made last
added to
overdone
overdid
grown
grew
ran
span
holden
went
gone
ran on
gone on
went on
more ❯
“The appearance of a rebel splinter group will merely
protract
the civil war.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to halt an activity or task temporarily
suspended
postponed
delayed
deferred
shelved
adjourned
tabled
prorogued
rescheduled
mothballed
stayed
pigeonholed
interrupted
retarded
held
holden
recessed
intermitted
prorogated
procrastinated
checked
withheld
withholden
disbanded
filed
waived
barred
canned
inactivated
put off
held over
put back
put on ice
held off
held up
held in abeyance
put aside
laid over
put in cold storage
put on hold
laid on the table
took a rain check on
taken a rain check on
put on the back burner
laid aside
hung fire
called a halt to
kept in abeyance
put on back burner
put in abeyance
pink-slipped
hung up
counted out
ruled out
staved off
stove off
put on the shelf
put over
set aside
prolonged
extended
remitted
stalled
respited
held off on
continued
slowed
detained
impeded
hindered
carried over
given rain check
gave rain check
obstructed
blocked
lengthened
temporized
US
temporised
UK
dallied
took a raincheck
given a rain check
taken a raincheck
gave a rain check
held back
discontinued
sidelined
paused
stood over
set back
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
put to one side
stopped
suspended proceedings
retained
suppressed
cut off
ceased
arrested
knocked off
dismissed
broke off
broken off
put on a back burner
took five
taken five
taken a break
took a breather
took a break
taken a breather
broke
broken
brake
parked
slowed up
called time
shut up
put out of commission
put on the bank burner
put on one side
put into storage
let up
reserved
curbed
inhibited
constrained
hanged
hung
kept back
denied
cooled
stifled
refused
laid off
contained
ended
refused to pay
hesitated
halted
reorganized
US
rearranged
broke up
broken up
rested
waited
wavered
desisted
reorganised
UK
reprieved
forestayed
deliberated
faltered
dropped
reflected
slowed pedal
stopped briefly
hung back
had a breather
slowed down
took ten
called it a day
left to another time
taken ten
decommissioned
cooled it
tied up
did later
tarried
packed away
marked time
caught one's breath
pulled up
thought twice
done later
took a recess
taken a recess
come to standstill
lingered
lay off
took offline
taken offline
frozen
froze
rose
risen
took a breather from
taken a breather from
broken it up
shaken
shook
came to standstill
taken a breath
took a breath
broke it up
took time out
taken time out
taken a rain check
took a rain check
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Past tense for to maintain, prolong, or keep something going
sustained
continued
maintained
kept
prolonged
supported
preserved
bore
beared
borne
conserved
perpetuated
retained
backed
buoyed
carried on
defended
favored
US
favoured
UK
kept up
kept alive
kept going
stayed with
bolstered up
held up
stood by
kept in existence
kept from falling
extended
upheld
renewed
lengthened
projected
upholden
nurtured
spread
saved
cherished
put up
held on to
memorialized
US
immortalized
US
eternalized
protected
eternized
commemorated
had
strengthened
propagated
bolstered
disseminated
secured
memorialised
UK
immortalised
UK
held
harboured
UK
harbored
US
entertained
held to
fostered
caused to continue
kept possession of
kept intact
clung to
continued with
nursed
brooded over
holden
more ❯
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Past tense for to delay taking action
procrastinated
dallied
delayed
stalled
dawdled
temporised
UK
temporized
US
adjourned
deferred
dithered
havered
hesitated
postponed
prolonged
retarded
vacillated
wavered
cooled
goldbricked
lagged
poked
swithered
tarried
waited
dragged
drug
lingered
loitered
paused
stayed
dilly-dallied
put off
deferred action
dragged your feet
held off
let something slide
shilly-shallied
took a raincheck
taken a raincheck
hummed and hawed
played for time
postponed action
hung fire
put off doing something
suspended action
used delaying tactics
played a waiting game
kicked the can down the road
dragged your heels
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make (someone or something) late or slow
delayed
retarded
impeded
hampered
hindered
obstructed
postponed
restrained
stalled
arrested
derailed
detained
foiled
restricted
retardated
stymied
thwarted
trammelled
trammeled
blocked
cramped
crippled
curbed
deferred
halted
hobbled
interrupted
paused
prevented
repressed
withheld
withholden
crimped
cumbered
deterred
fettered
hamstrung
hamstringed
inhibited
prorogued
remitted
shackled
shelved
slowed
stopped
barred
braked
brake
checked
choked
clogged
confined
encumbered
frustrated
handcuffed
held
holden
intermitted
prolonged
held back
held up
put off
set back
slowed down
slowed up
bogged down
interfered with
kept back
shut down
shut off
staved off
stove off
took down
taken down
backed off
closed off
held off on
put back
choked off
held over
made late
put a brake on
got in the way of
gotten in the way of
stood in the way of
brought to screeching halt
hog-tied
threw a spanner in the works of
thrown a spanner in the works of
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
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Past tense for to remain in existence, or in the same state, indefinitely or for an extended period
lasted
continued
endured
persisted
lingered
remained
bode
bided
bidden
extended
perpetuated
abode
abided
existed
ground
grinded
perdured
held
holden
lived
maintained
passed
proceeded
progressed
projected
stayed
sustained
took
taken
tarried
was
were
been
recurred
repeated
went on
gone on
kept going
carried on
ran on
run on
dragged on
kept on
lived on
stayed on
stuck around
ground away
held fast
ploughed on
pressed on
stayed around
held on
had no end
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