everlasting (n.)

  1. any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

    [ Syn: everlasting flower ]

    everlasting (adj.)

  1. continuing forever or indefinitely; the ageless themes of love and revenge; eternal truths; life everlasting; hells perpetual fires; the unending bliss of heaven

    [ Syn: ageless , aeonian , eonian , eternal , perpetual , unending , unceasing ]

  2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; an arrant fool; a complete coward; a consummate fool; a double-dyed villain; gross negligence; a perfect idiot; pure folly; what a sodding mess; stark staring mad; a thoroughgoing villain; utter nonsense; the unadulterated truth

    [ Syn: arrant , complete , consummate , double-dyed , gross , perfect , pure , sodding , stark , staring , thoroughgoing , utter , unadulterated ]

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