What is another word for long-drawn-out?
Pronunciation:
[ lˈɒŋdɹˈɔːnˈa͡ʊt], [ lˈɒŋdɹˈɔːnˈaʊt], [ l_ˈɒ_ŋ_d_ɹ_ˈɔː_n_ˈaʊ_t]
Related words: long-drawn-out story, long-drawn-out meaning, long-drawn-out story scenes, long-drawn-out message, long-drawn-out novels, long-drawn-out explanation
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Synonyms for Long-drawn-out:
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adj.
• slow • indirect- dis cursive ,
- dis-cursive ,
- in direct ,
- in-direct ,
- long drawn out ,
- long winded ,
- more circumlocutory ,
- more sidelong ,
- more snaking ,
- more twisting ,
- more vagrant ,
- most circumlocutory ,
- most sidelong ,
- most snaking ,
- most twisting ,
- most vagrant ,
- under hand ,
- under-hand .
- in terminable ,
- in terminate ,
- in-terminable ,
- in-terminate ,
- inter minable ,
- inter-minable ,
- more day and night ,
- more day-and-night ,
- more interminate ,
- more unbound ,
- most day and night ,
- most day-and-night ,
- most interminate ,
- most unbound ,
- never ending ,
- un bound ,
- un ceasing ,
- un interrupted ,
- un-bound ,
- un-ceasing ,
- un-limited .
- drawn out ,
- ex tensive ,
- far reaching ,
- farreaching ,
- more continued ,
- more elongate ,
- more expanded ,
- more lengthened ,
- more longish ,
- more outstretched ,
- more stretched ,
- more stretching ,
- most continued ,
- most elongate ,
- most expanded ,
- most lengthened ,
- most longish ,
- most outstretched ,
- most stretched ,
- most stretching ,
- out stretched ,
- out-stretched ,
- over long ,
- re-mote ,
- stretchest .
Other synonyms:
- eternal ,
- everlasting ,
- lengthy ,
- prolonged .
- long .
Other relevant words:
- Fatiguing ,
- Languishing ,
- arid ,
- automatic ,
- automaton-like ,
- banal ,
- blah ,
- boring ,
- boundless ,
- changeless ,
- colourless ,
- dead ,
- delayed ,
- diffuse ,
- diffusive ,
- dilatory ,
- drab ,
- dragged out ,
- dreary ,
- dry ,
- dry-as-dust ,
- dull ,
- exhausting ,
- extended ,
- flat ,
- for ages ,
- forever and a day ,
- gradual ,
- ho-hum ,
- humdrum ,
- indirect ,
- insipid ,
- laborious ,
- lasting ,
- late ,
- lengthened ,
- limitless ,
- long-winded ,
- marathon ,
- mechanical ,
- monotonous ,
- never-ending ,
- over-long ,
- padded ,
- prolix ,
- prosaic ,
- prosy ,
- repetitious ,
- repetitive ,
- routine ,
- slow ,
- soporific ,
- stale ,
- stretched out ,
- sustained ,
- talkative ,
- tardy ,
- tedious ,
- tired ,
- tiresome ,
- tiring ,
- unchanging ,
- unending ,
- unexciting ,
- uninteresting ,
- unrelenting ,
- unvarying ,
- vapid ,
- verbose ,
- wearing ,
- wearisome ,
- wearying ,
- windy ,
- without end ,
- wordy .
- Interminate ,
- Snaking ,
- circumlocutory ,
- day and night ,
- day-and-night ,
- dull as dishwater ,
- far off ,
- ho hum ,
- hohum ,
- long way home ,
- longish ,
- longwinded ,
- neverending ,
- no end of ,
- on a treadmill ,
- on treadmill ,
- sidelong ,
- spread out ,
- spun out ,
- strung out ,
- implied ,
- no end to ,
- outstretched ,
- periphrastic ,
- snoozer ,
- unbound .
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How to use "Long-drawn-out" in context?
If someone tells you that something is going to take a long time, you might think of the drawn-out feeling of something unpleasant. When something is drawn out, it is done slowly or excessively. Waiting in line can feel like you're enduring a drawn-out process, and a long conversation can feel like it's taking forever. In some cases, being drawn out can be frustrating or even dangerous.
In a business setting, long drawn-out negotiations might be seen as a sign of weakness.
Paraphrases for Long-drawn-out:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
prolonged.
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Adjective
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
drawn-out.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
extended, long-lasting, never-ending, long-established, long-time, longer-term.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
endless, enduring, interminable, lengthy, long, long-term, long-winded, longstanding, protracted, unending, time-consuming, long-standing, long-running.
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Adjective
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