protracted

English

Verb

protracted

1. simple past and past participle of protract

Adjective

protracted (comparative more protracted, superlative most protracted)

1. Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.

   Synonyms: long-drawn-out; see also Thesaurus:lasting

   a protracted and bitter dispute

   • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 5, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:

     ... inheritance of protracted misery ...

   • 2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 15 May 2019:

     The gleefully sadistic killer pushes Jaime into a fight, telling him that he slept with Cersei, and after a protracted struggle, even sinks his blade into Jaime’s side. But it turns out that a metal hand can be valuable in battle, after all, and Jaime uses it to help sink his own sword into Euron’s stomach

Translations

lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual

Azerbaijani: davamlı, sürəkli, uzun (az), uzun sürən Bulgarian: продължителен (bg) (prodǎlžitelen), проточен (bg) (protočen) Czech: zdlouhavý (cs) Dutch: langdurig (nl), aanslepend (nl) German: langwierig (de), langdauernd, langandauernd, anhaltend (de), sich hinziehend, langwährend, langgezogen, hingezogen (de), verschleppt (de) Hungarian: elhúzódó (hu), hosszúra nyúló Latin: prōductus (la) Maori: auroa, hōtoa Ottoman Turkish: اوزون (uzun) Polish: przeciągły (pl) Romanian: prelungit (ro) Russian: затяжно́й (ru) (zatjažnój) Spanish: duradero (es), eterno (es) (colloquial), prolongado (es) Swedish: utdragen (sv), långdragen (sv) Tagalog: matagalan, malawig