All long synonyms
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L l verb long
- spoil for β If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.
noun long
- yowl β to utter a long, distressful or dismal cry, as an animal or a person; howl.
- mewling β to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
- keening β a wailing lament for the dead.
- mewl β to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
- howl β to utter a loud, prolonged, mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf.
- yips β to bark sharply, as a young dog.
- gaze β stare
- yip β to bark sharply, as a young dog.
- baying β a deep, prolonged howl, as of a hound on the scent.
adj long
- distant β far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
- far-reaching β extending far in influence, effect, etc.: the far-reaching effect of his speech.
- faraway β distant; remote: faraway lands.
- gangling β to move awkwardly or ungracefully: A tall, stiff-jointed man gangled past.
- lanky β ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man.
- lofty β extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- rangy β (of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
- remote β far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.
- stringy β resembling a string or strings; consisting of strings or stringlike pieces: stringy weeds; a stringy fiber.
- far-off β distant; remote.
- longish β somewhat long.
- outstretched β to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- boundless β If you describe something as boundless, you mean that there seems to be no end or limit to it.
- dilatory β tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- limitless β without limit; boundless: limitless ambition; limitless space.
- long-winded β talking or writing at tedious length: long-winded after-dinner speakers.
- prolix β extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
- tardy β late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- unending β a bringing or coming to an end; termination; close: Putting away the Christmas ornaments marked the ending of the season.
- verbose β characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report.
- wordy β characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply.
- drawn-out β long-drawn-out.
- long-drawn-out β lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
- overlong β too or excessively long
- diffusive β tending to diffuse; characterized by diffusion.
- forever and a day β without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.