If you describe something as interminable, you are emphasizing that it continues for a very long time and indicating that you wish it was shorter or would stop.
[emphasis]
...an interminable meeting.
Synonyms: endless, long, never-ending, dragging More Synonyms of interminable
interminablyadverb [usually ADVERB after verb]
He talked to me interminably about his first wife.
interminable in British English
(ɪnˈtɜːmɪnəbəl)
adjective
endless or seemingly endless because of monotony or tiresome length
Derived forms
interminability (inˌterminaˈbility) or interminableness (inˈterminableness)
noun
interminably (inˈterminably)
adverb
interminable in American English
(ɪnˈtɜrmɪnəbəl)
adjective
without, or apparently without, end; lasting, or seeming to last, forever; endless
Derived forms
interminably (inˈterminably)
adverb
Word origin
OFr < LL interminabilis: see in-2 & terminable
Examples of 'interminable' in a sentence
interminable
After an interminable wait, the comeback is under way.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And the only upside is that when the interminable wait is over, you are given the keys to the fastest car in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Those days and nights of preparation seemed interminable.
Smout, T.C. & Wood, Sydney Scottish Voices 1745-1960 (1990)
The arguments about it have been seemingly interminable.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is not as if anything pleasant happens at the end of the interminable wait.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Then he held on to the podium for what seemed an interminable amount of time.
Christianity Today (2000)
My interminable journey seemed less oppressive and warmer days a little closer.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The pair looked the part, as they took to the stage after an interminable wait.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
After an interminable wait, goalline technology is almost upon us.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The period of thanksgiving after Mass seemed interminable.
John Cornwell Seminary Boy (2006)
I slept fitfully through what seemed an interminable night.
John Cornwell Seminary Boy (2006)
The wait must seem interminable.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The departing couple were then replaced by a new duo and off the coach went on a seemingly interminable tour of Europe.
The Sun (2011)
It was rushed out without consultation and there has been precious little since, despite the interminable wait for these revised plans.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The typical film is an overblown piece of melodrama with a dash of Greek tragedy thrown in that runs on at interminable length.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Not only does it give you a hefty lead but gives a team great heart and saves its batsmen from an interminable wait before donning the pads.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She's spent her whole life in interminable branding meetings, learning about image control.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Unlike the run-up to the general election, which has seemed interminable.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
For fans of City, it has been an interminable wait.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Unlike us critics, you won't have to stick around for what seems like an interminable two hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was in the public forums, the interminable meetings that became routine, when attention wavered and respect dimmed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But towards the end, the film caves in to its inner musical anorak, and we are lost in seemingly interminable squabbles about arcane musical details.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Try to consider this, the next time you are stuck at an airport or in an interminable meeting, or want to fling your textbook across the room.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
interminable
British English: interminable ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as interminable, you are emphasizing that it continues for a very long time.
...an interminable meeting.
American English: interminable
Brazilian Portuguese: interminável
Chinese: 无休止的
European Spanish: interminable
French: interminable
German: endlos
Italian: interminabile
Japanese: 果てしない
Korean: 영구히 계속되는
European Portuguese: interminável
Latin American Spanish: interminable
(adjective)
Definition
seemingly endless because boring
an interminable meeting
Synonyms
endless
causing irreparable damage in a seemingly endless war
long
This is a long film, three hours and seven minutes.
never-ending
a never-ending lecture
dragging
unlimited
An unlimited number of copies can be made from the original.
infinite
There is an infinite number of atoms.
perpetual
her perpetual complaints
protracted
The struggle was bitter and protracted.
limitless
a cheap and limitless supply of energy
boundless
His zeal for reform was boundless.
everlasting
The icon embodies a potent symbol of everlasting life.
ceaseless
Their life is a ceaseless struggle for survival.
long-winded
long-drawn-out
a long-drawn-out election campaign
immeasurable
I felt an immeasurable love for him.
wearisome
unbounded
an unbounded capacity to imitate and adopt the new
Opposites
limited
,
bounded
,
restricted
,
temporary
,
finite
,
measurable
Additional synonyms
in the sense of boundless
His zeal for reform was boundless.
Synonyms
unlimited,
vast,
endless,
immense,
infinite,
untold,
limitless,
unending,
inexhaustible,
incalculable,
immeasurable,
unbounded,
unconfined,
measureless,
illimitable
in the sense of ceaseless
Definition
without stopping
Their life is a ceaseless struggle for survival.
Synonyms
continual,
constant,
endless,
continuous,
eternal,
perennial,
perpetual,
never-ending,
interminable,
incessant,
everlasting,
unending,
unremitting,
nonstop,
untiring,
indefatigable
in the sense of everlasting
Definition
never coming to an end
The icon embodies a potent symbol of everlasting life.