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in·ces·sant  (n-ssnt)
adj.
Continuing without interruption. See Synonyms at continual.

[Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessns, incessant- : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin cessns, present participle of cessre, to stop; see cease.]

in·cessan·cy n.
in·cessant·ly adv.

incessant [ɪnˈsɛsənt]
adj
not ceasing; continual
[from Late Latin incessāns, from Latin in-1 + cessāre to cease]
incessancy , incessantness n
incessantly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.incessantincessant - uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"
continuous, uninterrupted - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"

incessant
Translations
incessant [ɪnˈsesnt] ADJ [rain, demands, complaints, fighting] → incesante, constante

incessant [ɪnˈsɛsənt] adj [noise, demand] → incessant(e)

incessant
adjunaufhörlich, unablässig; complaints alsonicht abreißend; noiseununterbrochen

incessant [ɪnˈsɛsnt] adjincessante
incessant [ɪnˈsɛsnt] adjincessante

incessant
adj incessant [inˈsesnt]
going on without stopping incessant noise. onophoudelik دائِم، غَير مُنْقَطِع непрекъснат neustálý uafbrudt; uophørlig unaufhörlich αδιάκοπος incesante lakkamatu بی وقفه lakkaamaton incessant בִּלתִי פּוֹסֵק सतत neprekidan, stalan folytonos terus-menerus sífelldur incessante ひっきりなしの 끊임없는 nenutrūkstamas, nesiliaujamas nepārtraukts; nemitīgs berterusan onophoudelijk uopphørlig, ustanselig nieustanny incessante neîncetat непрерывный neustály nenehen neprekidan oavbruten, oupphörlig เรื่อยๆ sürekli 不停的 безупинний, безперервний مسلسل liên tục
adv inˈcessantly
onophoudelik بِصورَة مُسْتَديمَه ، بِصورَة غَير مُنْقَطِعَه непрекъснато bez přerušení uafbrudt; uophørligt unaufhörlich αδιάκοπα incesantemente lakkamatult بطور دائم lakkaamattomasti sans cesse ללֹא הֶפסֵק निरन्तरतापूर्वक neprekidno, stalno folytonosan tak berhenti-henti sífellt incessantemente ひっきりなしに 끊임없이 be perstojo nepārtraukti; nemitīgi dengan berterusan onophoudelijk uopphørlig, ustanselig nieustannie incessantemente neîncetat, fără între­ru­pere непрерывно neustále, nepretržite nenehno neprekidno oavbrutet, oupphörligt อย่างเรื่อยๆ sürekli olarak 不停地 безперервно مسلسل طور پر một cách liên tục


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On bringing him home he resorted to every means of cleaning, and subjected the man to incessant scrubbings.
For Jove had not bedeviled her ears, and she heard from the lips of each blessed Shade an incessant flow of quotation from his own works.
Not that he will for an instant admit that his rival could be right, but he is less persistent in his incessant objections, and has sunk for the most part into an observant silence.
 
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