incessant

[in-ses-uhnt]

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adjective

continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.

Origin of incessant

1425–75; late Middle English incessaunte < Late Latin incessant-, equivalent to Latin in- in-³ + cessant- (stem of cessāns), present participle of cessāre to stop work; see cease, -ant

Related formsin·ces·san·cy, in·ces·sant·ness, nounin·ces·sant·ly, adverb

Synonyms for incessant

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unceasing, constant, continuous, never-ending, perpetual; eternal, everlasting; relentless, unrelenting, unremitting.

Antonyms for incessant

intermittent.

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Related Words for incessantly

regularly, constantly, perpetually, monotonously

Examples from the Web for incessantly

Contemporary Examples of incessantly

And the standardized exam you are incessantly given to demonstrate these skills is the test known as being human.
Big Business Bullies Americans into the Machinery of Common Core
James Poulos
March 20, 2014
During his captivity Ai paced so incessantly that by the time he got out, after 81 days, he had lost an estimated 26 pounds.
China’s Rulers Party On
Melinda Liu, Isaac Stone Fish
June 30, 2011
Shalke says he believes that Van der Sloot played poker so incessantly to feed his narcissism.
Inside Van der Sloot's Confession
Barbie Latza Nadeau
June 8, 2010

Historical Examples of incessantly

She was incessantly imploring her son to drive off these obnoxious neighbors.
Henry IV, Makers of History
John S. C. Abbott
The murmur of prayers for these souls went on incessantly; I have it in my ears now.
Romance
Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
He was incessantly prompted by the most extraordinary speculations.
Great Astronomers
R. S. Ball
The same notes, not very numerous, are incessantly repeated.
A Literary History of the English People
Jean Jules Jusserand
Nor yet hast thou at all discovered that I am a god; but thou incessantly ragest.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)
Homer

British Dictionary definitions for incessantly

incessant

adjective

not ceasing; continual

Derived Formsincessancy or incessantness, nounincessantly, adverb

Word Origin for incessant

C16: from Late Latin incessāns, from Latin in- 1 + cessāre to cease

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Word Origin and History for incessantly

incessant

adj.

mid-15c., from Old French incessant (mid-14c.), from Late Latin incessantem (nominative incessans) "unceasing," from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + cessantem (nominative cessans), present participle of cessare "cease" (see cease). Related: Incessantly (early 15c.).