Antonyms for unabating
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-beyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈbeɪt |
Definition of unabating
Origin :- "put an end to" (c.1300); "to grow less, diminish in power or influence" (early 14c.), from Old French abattre "beat down, cast down," from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + battuere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). Secondary sense of "to fell, slaughter" is in abatis and abattoir. Related: Abated; abating.
- As in chronic : adj incessant, never-ending
- As in lingering : adj chronic
- As in protracted : adj chronic
- For some hours the fight was continued with unabating obstinacy on both sides.
- Extract from : « Saint George for England » by G. A. Henty
- Since then her success has swept onward with unabating force.
- Extract from : « Stars of the Opera » by Mabel Wagnalls
- What Petrarch began in the fourteenth century was carried on by a new generation with unabating industry.
- Extract from : « View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Henry Hallam
- And all night, lagging far behind in his unabating caution, the panther followed him.
- Extract from : « Earth's Enigmas » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- Woman, bless her dear, ambitious heart, seeks with unabating energy the ways and means of becoming beautiful.
- Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans
- The new student was welcomed into Columbian College and there pursued the courses of study with unabating enthusiasm.
- Extract from : « Charles Lewis Cocke » by William Robert Lee Smith
- The inspired narrator notices, in the first place, the warmth of her hospitality, and its unabating continuance to Elisha.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- At that time it continued to proceed with unabating increase; being apparently stopped neither by rivers nor mountains.
- Extract from : « The Book of Curiosities » by I. Platts
- The numbers, the fury, and the unabating exertions of the Mexicans, are greater than we looked for.
- Extract from : « Calavar » by Robert Montgomery Bird
- They were discussed with unabating interest all day and every day, and by everyone upon all occasions.
- Extract from : « Some Everyday Folk and Dawn » by Miles Franklin
Synonyms for unabating
- 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
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