ceaseless

[ sees-lis ]
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adjective
  1. without stop or pause; unending; incessant.

Origin of ceaseless

1
First recorded in 1580–90; cease + -less

Other words for ceaseless

Other words from ceaseless

  • cease·less·ly, adverb
  • cease·less·ness, noun

Words Nearby ceaseless

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How to use ceaseless in a sentence

  • Before he faced Lettice, he must forget a moment—forget his fears, his hopes, his ceaseless torment of belief and doubt.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • I lay against a corner of the stockade seat, listening to the wind whispering and to the ceaseless drip-drip of the trees.

    Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon Blackwood
  • Thus it may well come about that our coast lines are swaying up and down in ceaseless variation.

    Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
  • There was a ceaseless chorus of distant machinery, and above it rose the grinding and rattling solo of a steam winch.

    Dope | Sax Rohmer
  • Nature is in ceaseless progress, the universe is a perpetual growth, ascent is the supreme law.

    Urania | Camille Flammarion

British Dictionary definitions for ceaseless

ceaseless

/ (ˈsiːslɪs) /


adjective
  1. without stop or pause; incessant

Derived forms of ceaseless

  • ceaselessly, adverb

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