Lingering Antonyms

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ending

catastrophe
cessation
close
closing
closure
completion
consummation
coup de grace
culmination
denouement

ephemeral

brief
episodic
evanescent
fleeting
flitting
fugacious
fugitive
impermanent
short
short-lived

fleeting

cursory
ephemeral
evanescent
fading
flash in the pan
flitting
flying
fugacious
fugitive
impermanent

indefinite

broad
confused
doubtful
dubious
equivocal
evasive
general
ill-defined
imprecise
indeterminable

short-lived

brief
deciduous
ephemeral
evanescent
fleeting
fly-by-night
fugacious
fugitive
gone in a heartbeat
impermanent

superficial

apparent
casual
cosmetic
cursory
depthless
desultory
empty
evident
exterior
external

temporary

Band-Aid
acting
ad hoc
ad interim
alternate
brief
changeable
ephemeral
evanescent
fleeting

transient

brief
changeable
deciduous
emigrating
ephemeral
evanescent
flash
fleeting
flitting
fly-by-night

yielding

acquiescent
biddable
compliant
docile
easy
flexible
humble
nonresistant
obedient
passive

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