N. diuturnity, a long time, a length of time, an age, a century, an eternity, slowness,
perpetuity, blue moon, coon's age, dog's age,
durableness,
durability,
persistence, endlessness, lastingness, continuance, standing, permanence survival,
survivance,
longevity, distance of time, protraction of time, prolongation of time, extension of time, delay
V. last,
endure, stand, remain,
abide, continue, brave a thousand years,
tarry, drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain,
protract,
prolong, spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out,
temporize, gain time, make time, talk against time, outlast, outlive,
survive, live to fight again
Adj. durable, lasting, of long duration, of long-standing, permanent, endless,
chronic, long-standing,
intransient, intransitive,
intransmutable,
persistent,
lifelong,
livelong,
longeval,
long-lived,
macrobiotic,
diuturnal,
evergreen,
perennial,
sempervirent, sempervirid,
unrelenting,
unintermitting,
unremitting, perpetual,
lingering,
protracted, prolonged, spun out, long-pending, long- winded, slow
Adv. long, for a long time, for an age, for ages, for ever so long, for many a long day, long ago, longo intervallo, all the day long, all the year round, the livelong day, as the day is long, morning noon and night, hour after hour, day after day, &c, for good, permanently
N. perseverance, continuance,
permanence, firmness,
constancy,
steadiness, singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose,
persistence,
plodding,
patience,
sedulity, pertinacy|,
pertinacity,
pertinaciousness, iteration bottom, game,
pluck,
stamina,
backbone,
grit,
indefatigability,
indefatigableness, bulldog courage
V. persevere,
persist, hold on, hold out, die in the last ditch, be in at the death, stick to, cling to, adhere to, stick to one's text, keep on, keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground, go all lengths, go through fire and water, bear up, keep up, hold up,
plod, stick to work, continue, follow up, die in harness, die at one's post
Adj. persevering, constant, steady,
steadfast,
undeviating, unwavering, unfaltering, unswerving,
unflinching, unsleeping,
unflagging,
undrooping, steady as time,
unrelenting,
unintermitting,
unremitting,
plodding,
industrious,
strenuous,
pertinacious,
persisting,
persistent, solid,
sturdy,
staunch,
stanch, true to oneself, unchangeable,
unconquerable,
indomitable, game to the last,
indefatigable,
untiring,
unwearied, never tiring
Adv. through evil report and good report, through thick and thin, through fire and water, per fas et nefas, without fail, sink or swim, at any price, vogue la galere
Phr. never say die, give it the old college try, vestigia nulla retrorsum, aut vincer aut mori, la garde meurt et ne se rend pas, tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre
V. have no mercy, shut the gates of mercy, give no quarter
Adj. pitiless,
merciless,
ruthless,
bowelless,
unpitying,
unmerciful, inclement,
grim-faced,
grim-visaged,
incompassionate,
uncompassionate,
inexorable, harsh,
unrelenting N. revenge,
revengement,
vengeance,
avengement, avengeance|, sweet revenge,
vendetta, death feud, blood for blood retaliation, day of reckoning,
rancor,
vindictiveness,
implacability,
malevolence,
ruthlessness,
avenger,
vindicator,
nemesis,
eumenides V. revenge,
avenge,
vindicate, take one's revenge, have one's revenge, breathe revenge, breathe vengeance, wreak one's vengeance, wreak one's anger, have accounts to settle, have a crow to pluck, have a bone to pick, have a rod in pickle, keep the wound green, harbor revenge, harbor vindictive feeling, bear malice,
rankle, rankle in the breast
Adj. revengeful,
vengeful,
vindictive,
rancorous,
pitiless,
ruthless,
rigorous,
avenging,
unforgiving,
unrelenting,
inexorable,
stony-hearted, implacable, relentless,
remorseless, aeternum servans sub pectore vulnus,
rankling,
immitigable Phr. manet ciratrix, manet alid mente repostum, dies irae dies illa, "in high vengeance there is noble scorn", inhumanum verbum est ultio, malevolus animus abditos dentes habet, "now infidel i have thee on the hip"
