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sustained
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sustained
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | maintained |
| Synonyms: | backed, constant, continued, continuous, supported, uninterrupted |
| Main Entry: | sustain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, experience |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, bear up under, bear with, brook, digest, encounter, feel, go, hang in, have, know, live with, put up with, see, stand up to, stand*, stomach*, suffer, take it, tolerate, undergo, withstand |
| Antonyms: | abstain, discontinue, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chronic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incessant, never-ending |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, confirmed, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, ever-present, fixed, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, lingering, long-lived, long-standing, obstinate, perennial, persistent, persisting, prolonged, protracted, recurrent, recurring, rooted, routine, settled, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unabating, unmitigated, unyielding, usual |
| Notes: | acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments |
| Antonyms: | curable, eradicable, intermittent, occasional, temporary |
| Main Entry: | constant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | neverending |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, chronic, continual, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, incessant, interminable, lasting, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, persisting, relentless, sustained, unending, uninterrupted, unrelenting, unremitting |
| Antonyms: | concluding, ending, interrupted, stopping, terminable, terminating |
| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extended in space or time |
| Synonyms: | continued, deep, distant, drawn out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty, longish, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretch, stretched, stretching, stringy, sustained, tall, towering |
| Antonyms: | abbreviated, abridged, short |
| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interminable, excessive in length |
| Synonyms: | boundless, delayed, diffuse, diffusive, dilatory, dragging, drawn-out, for ages, forever and a day, late, lengthy, limitless, lingering, long-drawn-out, long-winded, overlong, prolix, prolonged, protracted, slow, sustained, tardy, unending, verbose, without end, wordy |
| Antonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, short |
| Main Entry: | perennial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enduring, perpetual |
| Synonyms: | abiding, annual, ceaseless, chronic, constant, continual, continuing, deathless, durable, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, incessant, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, long-lasting, long-lived, longstanding, never-ending, old, perdurable, permanent, persistent, recurrent, seasonal, sustained, unceasing, unchanging, undying, unfailing, uninterrupted, yearlong, yearly |
| Antonyms: | changing, intermittent, interrupted |
| Main Entry: | relentless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continuous, neverending |
| Synonyms: | incessant, nonstop, persistent, pertinacious, punishing, sustained, tenacious, unabated, unbroken, unfaltering, unflagging, unrelenting, unrelieved, unremitting, unstoppable |
| Antonyms: | ending, intermittent, stopping |
| Main Entry: | uninterrupted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continuing; unbroken |
| Synonyms: | ceaseless, consecutive, constant, continual, continuous, direct, endless, interminable, nonstop, peaceful, perpetual, steady, straight, straightforward, sustained, through, unceasing, undisturbed, unending, unremitting |
| Antonyms: | broken, discontinuous, intermittent, interrupted |
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