dragged on
Felt interminably slow
Dragged on describes something that continued longer than desired or expected, creating a sense of tedium or impatience.
Meetings drag on, speeches drag on, illnesses drag on.
The phrase emphasizes duration felt as excessive: The trial dragged on for months.
Our conversation dragged on until I finally made an excuse to leave.
- prolongedMade to last longer
- slowLacking in speed
- interminableWithout apparent conclusion
- drawn-outExtended beyond normal duration
- tediousBoring through length
protracted · endless · delayed · monotony · crawl · unresolved · languished · unending · no end in sight · extended · went on · kept going · on and on · never ending · dawdle · stalled · overlong · boredom
- kept goingcontinued, lasted, persisted, endured, carried on