adjective
- Extending tediously beyond a standard duration: dragging, lengthy, long1, long-drawn-out, overlong, prolonged, protracted. See excite/bore/interest, long/short.
| Thesaurus: drawn-out |
adjective
| WordNet: drawn-out |
The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
Synonyms: extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted
Meaning #2:
(used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels
Synonym: drawling
| Translations: Drawn-out |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - langvarig
Français (French)
adj. - attiré
Deutsch (German)
adj. - in die Länge gezogen
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παρατεταμένος
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - demorado
Español (Spanish)
adj. - interminable, prolongado
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utdragen
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
持续很久的, 冗长乏味的, 拖长的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 持續很久的, 冗長乏味的, 拖長的
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) طويل, ممتد, مضجر
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ארוך, מתמשך
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| ductible | |
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