incessant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Late Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessantem, from Latin in- + cessāns.
Meanings
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Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.
[…] incessant interferings and bickerings, in every country, between the secular powers and the ecclesiastical.
1807, George Campbell, Lectures on Ecclesiastical History, page 274:The face of Nature may be compared to a yielding surface, with ten thousand sharp wedges packed close together and driven inwards by incessant blows, sometimes one wedge being struck, and then another with greater force.
1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more incessant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most incessant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
continuous · unremitting · unceasing
Translations (58)
kmr bênavber (without pause or stop; not ending) · ru непреры́вный (without pause or stop; not ending) · sv oavbruten (without pause or stop; not ending) · oc incessant (without pause or stop; not ending) · sv oavlåtlig (without pause or stop; not ending) · mr अविश्रांत (without pause or stop; not ending) · fi alituinen (without pause or stop; not ending) · nl onophoudelijk (without pause or stop; not ending) · hi निरंतर (without pause or stop; not ending) · el αδιάλειπτος (without pause or stop; not ending) · gl incesante (without pause or stop; not ending) · ru постоя́нный (without pause or stop; not ending) · es incesante (without pause or stop; not ending) · ca incessant (without pause or stop; not ending) · bg непрестанен (without pause or stop; not ending) · ga síor- (without pause or stop; not ending) · da uafbrudt (without pause or stop; not ending) · ru непрекраща́ющийся (without pause or stop; not ending) · gd sìor (without pause or stop; not ending) · uk безперервний (without pause or stop; not ending) · fi herkeämätön (without pause or stop; not ending) · pl bezustanny (without pause or stop; not ending) · eo senĉesa (without pause or stop; not ending) · ga síoraí (without pause or stop; not ending) · is sífelldur (without pause or stop; not ending) · sv ständig (without pause or stop; not ending) · bn অবিরত (without pause or stop; not ending) · is þrálaus (without pause or stop; not ending) · ota آراسز (without pause or stop; not ending) · hy անդուլ (without pause or stop; not ending) · bg нескончаем (without pause or stop; not ending) · is stöðugur (without pause or stop; not ending) · la assiduus (without pause or stop; not ending) · kmr berdewam (without pause or stop; not ending) · is viðstöðulaus (without pause or stop; not ending) · de unablässig (without pause or stop; not ending) · fi lakkaamaton (without pause or stop; not ending) · sk ustavičný (without pause or stop; not ending) · cs neustálý (without pause or stop; not ending) · bn অবিশ্রান্ত (without pause or stop; not ending) · da konstant (without pause or stop; not ending) · bn অনবরত (without pause or stop; not ending) · ru беспреры́вный (without pause or stop; not ending) · is þrálátur (without pause or stop; not ending) · de unaufhörlich (without pause or stop; not ending) · ar مُتَوَاصِل (without pause or stop; not ending) · nl voortdurend (without pause or stop; not ending) · sl nenehen (without pause or stop; not ending) · bn অবিরাম (without pause or stop; not ending) · sv oupphörlig (without pause or stop; not ending) · de ständig (without pause or stop; not ending) · ar مُسْتَمِرّ (without pause or stop; not ending) · fr incessant (without pause or stop; not ending) · da stadig (without pause or stop; not ending) · grc ἀδιάλειπτος (without pause or stop; not ending) · pt incessante (without pause or stop; not ending) · da uafladelig (without pause or stop; not ending) · ro neîncetat (without pause or stop; not ending)