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long-drawn-out

adjective

variants: or long-drawn

Synonyms and Antonyms of long-drawn-out

lasting for a considerable time

a long-drawn-out acceptance speech by an overemotional actor

Synonyms of long-drawn-out

extended, far, great, lengthy, long, long-lived, long-term, marathon

Words Related to long-drawn-out

aeonian (or aeonic), endless, everlasting, interminable, persistent

longish, overlong, prolonged, protracted

all-day, all-night

multiday, multiyear

Near Antonyms of long-drawn-out

abbreviated, condensed, curtailed, shortened

ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, transient, transitory

Antonyms of long-drawn-out

brief, little, mini, short, shortish, short-lived, short-term

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