INTERMINABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interminable mean? 

• INTERMINABLE (adjective)
  The adjective INTERMINABLE has 1 sense:

1. tiresomely long; seemingly without end

  Familiarity information: INTERMINABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERMINABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tiresomely long; seemingly without end

Synonyms:

endless; eternal; interminable

Context example:

an interminable sermon

Similar:

long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)

 Context examples 

In silence we again drove for an interminable distance with the windows raised, until at last, just after midnight, the carriage pulled up.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The sparkling points of light flashed past me in an interminable stream, as though the whole sidereal system were dropping into the void.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

There was a long rumble of sound, and it seemed to him that he was falling down a vast and interminable stairway.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Just as night fell we cleared the belt of bamboos, and at once formed our camp, exhausted by the interminable day.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To be spared from her aunt Norris's interminable reproaches! he left her in a glow of gratitude.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

For my own part I had none of this power of detachment, and the day, in consequence, appeared to be interminable.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The time seemed interminable as we swept on our way, now in almost complete darkness, for the rolling clouds obscured the moon.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It is a small phrase very frequent with you; and which many a time has drawn me on and on through interminable talk: I don't very well know why.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The Doctor, with a complacent smile, was reading aloud some manuscript explanation or statement of a theory out of that interminable Dictionary, and she was looking up at him.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Refreshment—a—underneath this roof—particularly punch—would—a—choke me—unless—I had—previously—choked the eyes—out of the head—a—of—interminable cheat, and liar—HEEP!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)