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incessant
[ in-ses-uhnt ]
adjective
- continuing without interruption; unending; ceaseless:
an incessant noise.
Synonyms: unremitting, unrelenting, eternal, perpetual, never-ending, continuous, constant, unceasing
Antonyms: intermittent
incessant
/ ɪnˈsɛsənt /
adjective
- not ceasing; continual
Derived Forms
- inˈcessantly, adverb
- inˈcessancy, noun
Other Words From
- in·ces·san·cy in·ces·sant·ness noun
- in·ces·sant·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of incessant1
Word History and Origins
Origin of incessant1
Example Sentences
The club kept giving in to his father’s almost incessant demands for wage increases.
I ran the water colder than usual, because that almost numbed the incessant itchy feeling, if only briefly.
Multiple long-time, avid Tumblr users that spoke to TechCrunch referenced an incident in late 2020 when people’s blogs were being hacked by spam bots that posted incessant advertisements for a Ray-Ban Summer Sale.
If you plan on using the portable generator for an event, make sure the motor won’t drown out the party with incessant rumbles.
The ventilation was nil because the incessant torrential rain kept the windows closed.
Still “Happy,” truthfully, should have been a shoo-in for Record of the Year given its incessant popularity this past year.
His New York accent slices through the incessant hum of voices.
In the art world, it is fostered by an incessant rain of numbers in the media whenever an art star comes to its attention.
None of your answers to the incessant questions about the bet come off as douchey.
Sometimes, one tires of the incessant cable news punditry; the same talking heads spouting the same talking points.
During the whole day there was an incessant fusillade, the rebelsʼ chief stronghold being the Recoleto Convent.
Incessant bugle-calls from the natives added to the commotion, and thousands of Chinese crowded into the Chinese Consulate.
Fifteen of these horned monsters maintain an incessant mooing and bellowing.
His flow of speech is incessant; he seems not a whit disconcerted by my evident disinclination to talk.
It affected Bud unpleasantly, just as the incessant bawling of a band of weaning calves used to do.
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