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Adjective
Lasting for a long time, or longer than expected or usual
Continuous, or lasting for a long time
Verbose or long-winded in speech or expression
Without breaks, gaps or interruptions
Delayed or put off until a later time
Large in scale or size
Characterized by extreme force, degree, or strength
Verb
To have made a quantity bigger
Past tense for to make longer in time or duration
Past tense for to put off to a later date or time
Past tense for to maintain, prolong, or keep something going
Past tense for to delay taking action
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
lengthy
prolonged
long
extended
sustained
overlong
interminable
lingering
marathon
enduring
lasting
lengthened
dragging
extensive
great
slow
continued
delayed
elongate
longish
deep
running
endless
long-drawn-out
time-consuming
drawn-out
drawn out
stretched out
dragged out
never-ending
spun out
strung out
long-lasting
long-term
long-lived
far
long-drawn
tedious
spun-out
dragged-out
seemingly endless
continuing
persistent
boring
wearisome
long-standing
very long
prolix
distant
increased
dull
gradual
continuous
constant
continual
chronic
progressive
unabating
longstanding
draggy
long-winded
laborious
conservative
ceaseless
abiding
durable
painful
broad
expanded
unyielding
longitudinal
endlong
spread out
long-running
of considerable length
long-run
dilatory
diffuse
diffusive
late
overextended
limitless
boundless
tardy
unending
for ages
without end
forever and a day
gruelling
UK
epic
grueling
US
rambling
monotonous
permanent
meandering
persisting
ponderous
perennial
sustaining
perdurable
old as Methuselah
persevering
longevous
everlasting
multiday
multiyear
more ❯
“During a
protracted
meeting last night, the Undergraduate Council approved a much smaller budget for the upcoming year.”
Adjective
▲
Continuous, or lasting for a long time
constant
continuous
lifelong
continual
enduring
lasting
unabating
persistent
ceaseless
perennial
abiding
chronic
continuing
recurrent
stubborn
unyielding
ineradicable
persisting
recurring
rooted
routine
settled
unmitigated
fixed
habitual
ever-present
long-lived
long-standing
deep-rooted
deep-seated
incessant
unending
sustained
prolonged
immedicable
incurable
lingering
never-ending
long-lasting
constantly recurring
long-term
inveterate
confirmed
ingrained
inborn
obstinate
inbred
tenacious
usual
compulsive
incorrigible
hardened
established
pathological
bred-in-the-bone
dyed-in-the-wool
more ❯
“Neither would they be under the necessity of having recourse to a
protracted
struggle in a movement that requires no struggle at all.”
Adjective
▲
Verbose or long-winded in speech or expression
long-winded
prolix
rambling
verbose
wordy
lengthy
diffuse
windy
discursive
tedious
garrulous
circuitous
circumlocutory
digressive
pleonastic
periphrastic
logorrheic
meandering
overlong
ambagious
redundant
boring
loquacious
palaverous
wearisome
talkative
tiresome
voluble
repetitious
long-drawn-out
tautological
tortuous
logorrhoeic
talky
long
gabby
wandering
bombastic
prolonged
dragged out
maundering
turgid
padded
gassy
expansive
interminable
chatty
circumlocutionary
flowery
sesquipedalian
full of verbiage
inflated
empty
flatulent
waffly
roundabout
extended
unending
ponderous
spun out
waffling
diffusive
profuse
copious
exuberant
random
lavish
dull
drawn-out
mouthy
effusive
gushing
multiloquent
babbling
multiloquous
blathering
prattling
jabbering
repetitive
yakking
indirect
wittering
convoluted
prating
gobby
yacking
involved
orotund
pompous
magniloquent
fustian
grandiloquent
rhetorical
tautologous
repeating
pretentious
big-mouthed
with the gift of the gab
full of air
having kissed the Blarney stone
conversational
gossipy
chattering
motormouthed
blabby
communicative
loose-lipped
chattery
gaseous
oratorical
glib
loudmouthed
full of hot air
overblown
rhetoric
gossiping
tumid
vocal
verbal
able to talk the hind legs off a donkey
grandiose
highfalutin
euphuistic
aureate
ostentatious
declamatory
forthcoming
slick
smooth
gibbering
high-flown
high-sounding
prosy
having kissed the blarney stone
alliterative
oblique
monotonous
florid
elaborate
sonorous
overripe
lofty
eloquent
evasive
fluent
affected
overwrought
theatrical
over-elaborate
swollen
histrionic
outspoken
motormouth
rattling
ranting
rhapsodic
having kissed the Blarney Stone
windbag
silver-tongued
drivellous
articulate
confabulatory
laborious
vociferous
open
perissological
over-talkative
noisy
unreserved
superfluous
reiterating
circumlocuitous
circumlocutional
circumlocutious
blessed with the gift of the gab
bigmouthed
big-talking
stuffed shirt
blustering
balderdash
iterative
extravagant
disquisitional
polysyllabic
indiscreet
persuasive
Ciceronian
digressional
epideictic
imposing
tonguey
yakkity
yakky
Demosthenic
Demosthenean
flap jaw
loose-tongued
blabbermouth
running on at the mouth
wind-bag
implied
vivid
dramatic
loud
expressive
stagy
elocutionary
digressionary
excursive
shallow
superficial
breezy
tumescent
desultory
devious
leaping
erratic
ambiguous
roaming
roving
obliquitous
all jaw
lyrical
big mouthed
musing
loose
broad
deviating
pedestrian
flat
prosaic
stale
ornate
mannered
fulsome
flamboyant
uninteresting
actorly
humdrum
outgoing
commonplace
hyperventilated
purple
Ossianic
rotund
showy
overdone
unimaginative
excessively communicative
more ❯
“On one occasion, Walker delivered a
protracted
speech against a bill whose passage by the United States House of Representatives was a foregone conclusion.”
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
timeless
infinite
interminate
dragging
unbound
looped
spun out
day-and-night
without end
no end of
seemingly endless
strung out
no end to
on a treadmill
successive
straight
in succession
succeeding
sequential
successional
continuing
sequent
in a row
back-to-back
on the trot
undisturbed
following
serial
untroubled
progressive
ensuing
succedent
seriate
without stopping
one after the other
smooth
subsequent
deep
even
through
sound
next
subsequential
unruffled
seamless
total
rotating
alternating
unrelieved
chronological
rapid-fire
next off
in line
following after
quick-fire
next up
seriatim
repeated
serialized
US
connected
in turn
serialised
UK
in sequence
in order
one after another
going on
end-to-end
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Delayed or put off until a later time
deferred
delayed
postponed
adjourned
prolonged
remanded
stalled
pigeonholed
retarded
shelved
suspended
temporised
UK
temporized
US
held up
on hold
on the shelf
put off
on ice
on the back burner
staved off
in waiting
pushed back
put back
tabled
held over
prorogued
intermitted
scrubbed
up in the air
halted
interrupted
late
tardy
overdue
behind
hindered
slowed
stuck
behind schedule
caught up
immobilized
US
immobilised
UK
weather-bound
icebound
fogbound
snowbound
stranded
stormbound
more ❯
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
substantial
grand
monumental
monster
mega
mighty
Brobdingnagian
handsome
gigantesque
super
cyclopean
pharaonic
tidy
supersize
heroic
whacking great
whopping great
oceanic
heroical
planetary
extraordinary
Herculean
epic
super-duper
generous
thumping great
very large
boxcar
significant
weighty
gross
heavy
very big
substantive
inordinate
immeasurable
intense
capacious
serious
commodious
overwhelming
solid
stellar
roomy
formidable
good
marked
remarkable
incredible
almighty
respectable
acute
powerful
healthy
imposing
limitless
plentiful
profuse
indescribable
severe
infinite
overgrown
ponderous
very great
dramatic
dirty great
staggering
tall
supreme
grandiose
reasonable
terrific
exceptional
giant-size
full
giant-sized
phenomenal
open
decent
cumbersome
superabundant
fantastic
princely
lavish
plenteous
exorbitant
comfortable
unwieldy
burly
unutterable
extravagant
behemothic
impossible
magnificent
copious
behemoth
not to be sneezed at
bountiful
strapping
endless
outstanding
lofty
noticeable
statuesque
decent-sized
uncrowded
much
cumbrous
man-size
of considerable size
man-sized
unlimited
maximum
consequential
material
blimp
fair
meaningful
utmost
titan
barn door
uttermost
maximal
pythonic
full-size
good-sized
stout
sufficient
godlike
surpassing
top
rip-roaring
incommunicable
great big
immoderate
superlative
brawny
omnipotent
hulky
beefy
important
incalculable
bonny
deadly
outspread
airy
not inconsiderable
palatial
yawning
unreasonable
eternal
superhuman
chasmal
uncommunicable
prolific
awful
interminable
illimitable
awesome
cracking
mesomorphic
measureless
bionic
godly
stiff
notable
impressive
unqualified
unbounded
gaping
Gargantuan
kingly
steady
extremely large
sky-high
beyond human
mahoosive
macro
steep
Cyclopean
extra-large
worthwhile
exceeding
roaring
spread out
super-colossal
socking great
larger-than-life
jumbo-sized
thick
wide open
whopper
megalithic
good-size
earth-shattering
earthshaking
thundering
out-and-out
a whale of a
whale of a
super colossal
liberal
entire
whole
rare
max
adequate
advantageous
transcendent
larger
greater
lucrative
prosperous
profitable
disproportionate
maxi
ominous
inexpressible
cavelike
prominent
global
sturdy
spacey
extra large
astounding
multitudinous
elephantic
superior
august
Moby
not short
daunting
spectacular
Brobdignagian
distinct
whaling
critical
resounding
tolerable
Homeric
horrific
fierce
dreadful
harsh
heightened
intemperate
escalated
increased
jacked up
decisive
pretty
mundo
detailed
unmitigated
robust
fearful
inflated
extortionate
legit
thunderous
through the ceiling
crucial
wide-open
never-ending
high-ceilinged
life-size
above average
abnormal
unusual
intensified
bounteous
sensible
ultra
extremely big
emphatic
high-cost
conclusive
undescribable
fairly large
spread-out
stretched-out
swelled
fair-sized
family-sized
family-size
fair-size
economy-size
magnific
economy-sized
over the odds
worth taking into account
rolling
outstretched
rambling
striking
awkward
telling
impactful
latitudinous
beamy
unmistakable
memorable
noteworthy
unhandy
ungainly
all-important
unmanageable
far reaching
wide physically
unmanoeuvrable
real
key
incommodious
elevated
soaring
girthy
eventful
historic
momentous
firm
sound
abysmal
useful
valuable
principal
tectonic
ascending
rising
raised
skyscraping
high-rise
sky-scraping
big-deal
major-league
multistorey
high-reaching
altitudinous
ultimate
obese
overweight
ridiculous
silly
towery
corpulent
paramount
highest
greatest
high rise
upraised
uplifted
alpine
fleshy
portly
consummate
absurd
outlandish
unreal
outrageous
preposterous
unbelievable
blubbery
roly-poly
tubby
flabby
pudgy
lumpish
podgy
tough
hard-core
raging
helluva
hardcore
sovereign
mortal
muscular
bloated
lardy
porky
dense
replete
plump
chubby
rotund
round
rugged
pursy
fubsy
abdominous
greatest possible
porcine
adipose
mother of all
sinewy
stalwart
athletic
lots of
lard-arsed
overpowering
hearty
redoubtable
a lot of
plenty of
a great deal of
a fair amount of
meaty
buff
obdurate
full-blooded
powerfully built
ripped
lusty
manly
manful
jacked
well-built
shredded
hunky
more than human
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
towering
undue
pungent
sharp
shrill
stinging
strained
vivid
mother of all
red-hot
relentless
all-out
considerable
rigorous
immoderate
comprehensive
overwhelming
raging
grievous
searing
unbearable
harrowing
tremendous
burning
torturous
brutal
passionate
fiery
overpowering
painful
distressing
rough
mighty
insufferable
awful
turbulent
uncontrollable
wild
ardent
fervid
tormenting
racking
stormy
impassioned
unendurable
tempestuous
flaming
inordinate
strenuous
fervent
shooting
stabbing
tumultuous
crushing
oppressive
grim
intolerable
frenzied
rugged
titanic
significant
torrid
weighty
savage
punishing
incredible
energetic
hellish
impossible
dramatic
prodigious
onerous
trying
rabid
rampant
blustery
indescribable
feverish
intemperate
heated
hot
devastating
unrestrained
tortuous
passional
grueling
US
perfervid
deep-seated
dire
grave
gruelling
UK
urgent
cruel
galling
remarkable
demanding
very great
zealous
taxing
inflamed
emotional
unutterable
cyclonic
inclement
thorough
difficult
burdensome
critical
outrageous
volcanic
arduous
colossal
exacting
powerhouse
immense
uncontrolled
poignant
bad
gut-wrenching
forbidding
heartfelt
unpleasant
squally
compelling
stiff
thunderous
convulsive
unrelenting
toilsome
maximum
earnest
challenging
murderous
total
animated
crippling
paroxysmal
worrying
fanatical
volatile
herculean
gigantic
formidable
spirited
exhausting
resounding
sudden
puissant
dominating
wrenching
laborious
tedious
troublesome
backbreaking
dynamic
rampaging
big
driving
unfettered
unbridled
emphatic
stressful
smarting
unsparing
disturbing
pounding
hefty
howling
thundery
utmost
raw
complete
excited
sheer
killer
choppy
irresistible
blustering
distressful
grinding
sad
steep
daunting
aggressive
storming
eager
wearisome
ponderous
torturing
testing
wearying
bruising
afflicting
killing
ambitious
telling
right
stirring
painstaking
back-breaking
fatiguing
ungovernable
radical
gutsy
thorny
bothersome
solemn
splitting
gusty
gargantuan
uphill
thumping
riotous
unforgiving
merciless
out-and-out
hazardous
pronounced
moiling
massive
heartbreaking
effortful
unchecked
uncurbed
draining
inhuman
high-pressure
stupendous
operose
frenetic
downright
utter
bleak
aroused
stormful
windy
peracute
knifelike
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
heartrending
really hard
very hard
desperate
nasty
thoroughgoing
absolute
monstrous
out of control
exorbitant
ruthless
fast
disagreeable
boisterous
ultimate
life-threatening
roaring
deep-rooted
whopping
full of force
stark
sobering
preposterous
upsetting
veritable
pure
gale force
hurtful
cut-throat
shattering
menacing
threatening
hammer and tongs
knock-down-and-drag-out
proper
unreasonable
blood-and-guts
far-reaching
rank
all-powerful
rousing
heart-rending
besetting
punchy
hardhanded
prohibitive
gross
tiring
austere
tall
sweaty
uttermost
unadulterated
thundering
punitive
debilitating
huge
toilful
compulsive
emotive
incommunicable
uber
phenomenal
tiresome
upstream
wearing
intimidating
cumbersome
unremitting
staggering
unyielding
devouring
maximal
obsessive
hairy
energy-consuming
sapping
Herculean
wholehearted
pervasive
avid
shrewd
foul
top
fevered
hard-core
hardcore
humongous
awesome
aggravated
suffering
extensive
white-hot
overriding
sombre
UK
sober
unmanageable
impetuous
tearing
dangerous
unconscionable
vast
sublime
struggling
sedate
peppery
enraged
ruinous
ginormous
shocking
agitated
terrific
stringent
super
coercive
abrupt
uncommunicable
somber
US
horrific
drilling
superlative
seismic
rapid
mega
egregious
warm-blooded
disastrous
swift
dirty
mortal
boiling
impressive
bang-bang
deeply felt
tragic
tender
in-depth
consequential
very strong
sentimental
typhonic
deadly
destructive
flagrant
all-absorbing
knockout
very bad
miserable
wretched
smart
dominant
commanding
disquieting
vexatious
blazing
rotten
hot-blooded
arrant
beastly
mightful
headstrong
unmerciful
unsavoury
UK
yukky
traumatic
unwelcome
distasteful
unpalatable
yucky
chilling
displeasing
unpleasing
unsavory
US
afflictive
calamitous
unalloyed
robust
dicey
easier said than done
nerve-racking
slavish
torturesome
drudgy
labored
US
laboured
UK
unnerving
tough going
jarring
worksome
scabrous
problematic
depleting
uphill battle
knackering
hard-won
no picnic
marathon
uncomfortable
troubling
difficile
problem
ominous
sticky
not easy
discomforting
lively
sound
voracious
acrimonious
diabolical
unstoppable
heavyweight
saturate
excitable
temperamental
inexpressible
repressive
worse
transcending
real
competitive
tormentous
anguishing
undescribable
astounding
elevated
escalated
cordial
precipitous
precipitate
unwarranted
worsened
abject
true
genuine
entrenched
devout
OTT
chastening
dog-eat-dog
risky
irrepressible
overbearing
surpassing
bumpy
charged
extremely painful
amorous
honest
unfeigned
rooted
enthusiastic
sincere
intrenched
angry
enthused
melodramatic
patent
throbbing
swirling
outright
overemotional
ugly
stifling
giant
humungous
storm-tossed
chaotic
restless
inveterate
warm
bona fide
striking
perilous
precarious
twingeing
tingling
prickly
disturbed
unmitigated
impulsive
suffocating
irrefutable
overmastering
profuse
settled
outstanding
rare
leviathan
max
mountainous
astronomic
astronomical
ablaze
exhaustive
rough-and-tumble
O.T.T.
accelerated
obsessional
overshadowing
strict
true blue
unpredictable
meteoric
bred-in-the-bone
confirmed
over the top
bloodthirsty
achy
gnawing
hurting
all-embracing
desolating
damaging
annihilating
ebullient
bursting
swingeing
overweening
draconian
too great
frantic
hotheaded
mad
maniacal
hysterical
delirious
all-inclusive
out and out
strengthy
strengthful
backbreaker
all-encompassing
hopped up
gung ho
elemental
speeded-up
mind-blowing
high-impact
like getting blood out of a stone
hardheaded
pitiless
intractable
overextravagant
extravagant
overmuch
overdue
insane
plethoric
baroque
inexorable
devilish
horrible
horrendous
nagging
excellent
magnificent
amazing
active
at the boiling point
full-blooded
knock-down
drag-out
unhappy
sour
wicked
uncongenial
unlovely
crash
telescoped
concerted
paramount
highest
greatest
torrential
hard-hitting
brilliant
spectacular
icky
sore
remorseless
mortifying
woeful
appalling
abominable
unfair
noisy
standup
hard-hearted
provoking
annoying
offensive
rainy
wet
consummate
marvellous
UK
marvelous
US
fabulous
copious
atrocious
godawful
lousy
vile
hot and heavy
storm-wracked
helluva
sovereign
moving
sizeable
touching
imperious
affecting
teeming
bucketing
pouring
drenching
round-the-clock
total-immersion
greatest possible
whacking
filthy
ultra
saddening
large
pitiful
pathetic
very
very big
mournful
sorrowful
pitiable
out of this world
whopping great
piteous
plaintive
lashing
hammering
whacking great
impactful
nostalgic
scorching
expressive
tearful
sheeting down
perturbing
roasting
sweltering
agitating
tear-jerking
baking
sizzling
broiling
scalding
parching
withering
tropical
baking hot
boiling hot
like a furnace
blazing hot
very hot
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
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
inflated
progressed
strengthened
consolidated
magnified
multiplied
compounded
doubled
escalated
aggrandized
ameliorated
bettered
broadened
built
grew
lengthened
lifted
reinforced
upped
accelerated
added to
amassed
beefed up
built up
bumped up
cranked up
deepened
hiked up
inflamed
jacked up
reenforced
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
stretched
straught
spun out
dragged out
continued
prolongated
strung out
outstretched
stretched out
drawn out
extended the duration of
made longer
carried on
kept going
kept alive
grown
fattened
opened
filled out
spread out
put rubber in
become larger
become wider
puffed out
made something go on and on
swoll
swollen
lasted
accumulated
run
accrued
developt
climbed
soared
rocketed
intensified
spiralled
UK
spiraled
US
sustained
unfolded
ballooned
bloated
bourgeoned
mushroomed
bulked
bulged
burgeoned
reached
persisted
become distended
filled
reamed
endured
proceeded
piled
puffed up
became larger
hiked
ramped up
souped up
opened out
padded out
made wider
made last
pyramided
bulked up
eked out
leaped up
got longer
bolstered
opened wide
dragged on
become bigger
got wider
opened up
became wider
upsurged
dragged your feet
intumesced
increased in size
tumefied
overlapped
rose
risen
clumb
clomb
ran
became distended
grew larger
grown larger
gotten bigger
blown up
got bigger
became bigger
grew longer
grown longer
went
gone
drawn
drew
gone on
went on
lift
appreciated
boomed
gained
rolled up
stoked
upgraded
exaggerated
mounted up
embellished
skyrocketed
flourished
surged
exacerbated
aggravated
exalted
prospered
amped up
thrived
embroidered
accentuated
put up
elaborated
emphasized
US
fortified
overemphasized
US
overstated
refined
hyperbolized
dramatized
US
uplifted
picked up
worked up
emphasised
UK
cultivated
gathered
scaled up
made headway
perfected
intensated
promoted
built on
increased rapidly
put on
dramatised
UK
overemphasised
UK
fudged
coloured
UK
colored
US
bloomed
overestimated
made progress
made strides
evolved
overplayed
made a mountain out of a molehill
run up
become more numerous
piled up
jumped up
matured
touched up
thriven
throve
feed
fed
spiked
puffed
roused
cumulated
fostered
boosted up
elaborated on
jazzed up
made a big thing out of
polished
blossomed
updated
gone up
shaped up
brushed up
smartened up
fine-tuned
grew rapidly
grown rapidly
worked out
moved forward
forged ahead
overstressed
catastrophized
falsified
propagated
collected
boasted
bragged
lied
fabricated
stimulated
sprouted
overdone
overdid
worsened
flowed
buttressed
jumped
flowered
gained strength
exploded
topped
sweetened
got larger
stretched the truth
pushed up
come on
increased exponentially
toned up
made too much of something
played up
ripened
bucked up
run riot
improved on
smartened
fast-tracked
straightened out
went through the roof
gone through the roof
ran up
became more numerous
concentrated
stockpiled
nourished
distorted
nurtured
diversified
acquired
succeeded
invigorated
misrepresented
revitalized
US
festered
misreported
leaped
US
leapt
UK
modernized
US
transformed
modernised
UK
revolutionized
US
meliorated
endowed
swarmed
stressed
romanticized
US
toned
misquoted
corrupted
emerged
lightened
hoist
ascended
brightened
supplied
subsidized
US
caricatured
burst
sprung
speeded up
put on a spurt
increased in scope
sprung up
outspread
blown out of proportion
made worse
blew out of proportion
made a production out of
made healthy
made a federal case of
revitalised
UK
sped up
increased in value
romanticised
UK
fattened up
come along
piled on
revolutionised
UK
subsidised
UK
envigorated
cooked up
got stronger
blew up out of all proportion
set off
went through the ceiling
come of age
sprang up
blown up out of all proportion
perked up
heated up
gone through the ceiling
het up
burst forth
increased dramatically
shored up
spread quickly
turned up
laid it on thick
filled up
expounded
detailed
overdrawn
overdrew
enlivened
arose
arisen
laid
lay
explicated
grew in
grown in
rounded out
risen rapidly
ran riot
rose rapidly
came on
produced
gladdened
bred
encouraged
overvalued
honed
complemented
ennobled
aroused
dignified
oversold
vitalized
fueled
fuelled
unrolled
moved
pushed
changed
metastasized
preferred
fermented
favoured
UK
advantaged
inspirited
titivated
helped
favored
US
amended
aided
varnished
surged up
advertised
underlined
advertized
stuffed
altered
metamorphosed
revived
restored
enshrined
deified
nutrified
enthroned
sublimated
glorified
canonized
US
elated
enskyed
enskied
overpitched
benefited
benefitted
uprose
uprisen
jacked
quickened
brewed
smouldered
UK
luxuriated
gilt
gilded
overrated
adapted
headed
transmogrified
differentiated
hoisted
appointed
overembellished
overexaggerated
inclined
mended
detonated
spurted
aggregated
manifolded
overelaborated
expatiated
vaulted
towered
escaladed
diffused
piggybacked
sprang
scammed
romanced
upsized
came along
billowed
become better
canonised
UK
broadened one's horizons
trucked
poured it on
made a big thing of
adapted yourself
honoured
UK
pushed on
totted
moved up the ladder
tagged on
been successful
practised
UK
practiced
US
reflated
gingered up
got to
poised
laid it on with a shovel
shot a line
darkened
sent through the roof
acquired more of something
laid it on with a trowel
contributed to
hopped up
become stronger
reequipped
pushed ahead
branched out
pervaded
bigged up
started to be
loud talked
readied
injected
magnified importance
improved the status of
heaped on
went to extremes
came of age
welled
increased suddenly
pressed on
enlarged on
swelled up
piled it on about
nerved
peaked
encouraged the growth of
made complex
made a drama out of a crisis
kept burning
worked one's way
dressed up
spruced up
scaled
stacked up
raised high
emphasized too much
spurred on
piled it on
increased in
pressed forward
worked on
rearmed
embiggened
fetched up
reequipt
drew the long bow
moved onward
blew something out of all proportion
big upped
prettied up
increased in weight
sent up
laid it on thick about
pointed
covered ground
laid on
laid it on with a trowel about
rallied
straightened up
added on
made federal case
spiraled upwards
become greater
made stronger
given a lift to
smoldered
US
buoyed up
added detail to
gone to extremes
harshened
kicked upstairs
turned over new leaf
added flesh to
whetted
supercharged
took steps forward
nursed
secured
pushed forward
brightened up
made a mountain out of
turbocharged
shot
fed up
derived
educed
accented
moved up
rounded off
made intricate
spiralled upwards
made richer
conditioned
poured
developed rapidly
got better
become strong
become large
rained
provided for
developed quickly
become more powerful
marched on
stoked up
exaggerated information
were successful
was successful
made strong
blown something out of all proportion
speeded
drawn the long bow
added value
taken steps forward
made first rate
prepared
gave substance to
goosed up
polished up
sped
stocked up
moved on
cheered up
added value to
added colour
honored
US
improved the position of
overrun
extended operations
gained ground
enforced
got on
gave a lift to
holp
holpen
got higher
gotten higher
added fuel
became greater
added fuel to fire
aped up
went up in price
gone up in price
added fuel to
grown quickly
grew quickly
overran
driven
drove
drave
druv
given substance to
brast
bursten
swollen up
drove up
driven up
got taller
gotten taller
grown greater
grew greater
given strength to
gave strength to
gone sky-high
went sky-high
grown stronger
grew stronger
done well
did well
rose in value
risen in value
gone off
went off
grew full
became large
gotten to
grown full
became stronger
became strong
became more powerful
blown up out of proportion
blew up out of proportion
lay on
drew the longbow
drawn the longbow
moved ahead
gone forward
shotten
went forth
gone forth
went forward
given advancement to
given a higher rank
given advancement
gave a higher rank
gave promotion
gave advancement to
gave advancement
given promotion
given a boost to
did up
gave a facelift to
done up
drove forward
driven forward
gave a boost to
given a facelift to
went from bad to worse
gone from bad to worse
gotten into shape
got into shape
grown up
became better
gotten better
grew up
gotten on
bore fruit
gone great guns
gotten on well
got on well
went great guns
borne fruit
unfurled
disentangled
played out
transitioned
animated
wrought
worked
awakened
panned out
finished
brought alive
more ❯
“The smug monster in her is really going to bare its teeth and
protract
its claws.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make longer in time or duration
prolonged
continued
perpetuated
sustained
padded
prolongated
stalled
dragged out
strung out
carried on
kept going
spun out
extended the duration of
kept up
went on with
gone on with
kept something going
dragged on
held off
lengthened
extended
delayed
stretched out
held up
let it ride
stretched
straught
held
persisted
increased
elongated
outstretched
drew out
drawn out
run on
made longer
dragged your feet
increased the length of
holden
ran on
“The appearance of a rebel splinter group will merely
protract
the civil war.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to put off to a later date or time
postponed
deferred
delayed
procrastinated
put off
held up
put on hold
put back
put on ice
put on back burner
put in cold storage
put on the back burner
suspended
adjourned
shelved
prorogued
put over
prolonged
set aside
retarded
held over
rescheduled
tabled
stayed
mothballed
stalled
pigeonholed
remitted
extended
held off
held in abeyance
laid on the table
held off on
intermitted
respited
detained
slowed
laid over
hung fire
prorogated
recessed
impeded
interrupted
continued
hindered
obstructed
held
withheld
blocked
waived
checked
barred
set back
put aside
kept in abeyance
put in abeyance
staved off
carried over
put a brake on
took a rain check on
taken a rain check on
stove off
shut off
put on the shelf
shut down
given rain check
gave rain check
hampered
restrained
foiled
trammeled
stymied
derailed
thwarted
trammelled
arrested
restricted
holden
disbanded
withholden
lengthened
filed
cramped
crippled
prevented
paused
halted
hobbled
curbed
repressed
inactivated
deterred
fettered
hamstrung
inhibited
stopped
shackled
crimped
hamstringed
cumbered
temporized
US
temporised
UK
frustrated
handcuffed
clogged
braked
choked
confined
encumbered
slowed up
slowed down
held back
bogged down
interfered with
hung up
laid aside
brought to screeching halt
backed off
choked off
called a halt to
made late
ruled out
hog-tied
closed off
counted out
stood in the way of
kept back
retardated
canned
brake
pink-slipped
took a raincheck
taken a raincheck
given a rain check
gave a rain check
threw a spanner in the works
took down
taken down
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
got in the way of
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
thrown a spanner in the works
gotten in the way of
put to one side
sidelined
stood over
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
suspended proceedings
broke off
broken off
dismissed
knocked off
parked
put on one side
put into storage
put on a back burner
reserved
retained
suppressed
hanged
hung
took five
taken five
taken a break
took a breather
took a break
taken a breather
cooled
contained
ended
discontinued
reorganized
US
rearranged
broke up
broken up
decommissioned
reorganised
UK
reprieved
forestayed
called time
slowed pedal
called it a day
left to another time
cooled it
tied up
did later
packed away
done later
took a recess
taken a recess
took offline
taken offline
rose
risen
frozen
froze
broke
broken
took a breather from
taken a breather from
taken a rain check
took a rain check
took time out
took ten
taken ten
taken time out
more ❯
“Some of the scenes in the film appear to be an attempt to add some running time or
protract
the ending.”
Verb
▲
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
saved
held on to
spread
cherished
kept possession of
put up
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 intact
clung to
continued with
nursed
brooded over
holden
more ❯
Verb
▲
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 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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