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Definitions for INCESSANT
ɪnˈsɛs əntin·ces·sant

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremittingadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. incessantadjective

    Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

    The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Incessantadjective

    Unceasing; unintermitted; continual; uninterrupted.

    Etymology: in and cessans, Latin.

    Raging wind blows up incessant show'rs;
    And when the rage allays, the rain begins. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

    The incessant weeping of my wife,
    Forc'd me to seek delays. William Shakespeare.

    If, by pray'r
    Incessant, I could hope to change the will
    Of him who all things can, I would not cease
    To weary him with my assiduous cries. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

    In form, a herald of the king she flies,
    From peer to peer, and thus incessant cries. Alexander Pope, Odyss.

ChatGPT

  1. incessant

    Incessant refers to something that is continual, unceasing, or constant. It is something that happens or continues without pause or interruption over a prolonged period.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Incessantadjective

    continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Incessant

    in-ses′ant, adj. uninterrupted: continual.—adv. Incess′antly, unceasingly: (obs.) immediately. [L. incessans, -antisin, not, cessāre, to cease.]

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  1. anticness

  2. cantiness

  3. instances

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of INCESSANT in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of INCESSANT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of INCESSANT in a Sentence

  1. Ahmed Korayem:

    It is simply bestial how people have an incessant need to own anything they can’t have and to destroy anything that they can’t comprehend

  2. Elise Stefanik:

    President Biden missed a huge opportunity at the G-7 summit to stand up for America and deliver a plan to safely reopen, instead caving to Prime Minister Trudeau’s incessant desire to delay, i’ve called on the Biden Administration to begin taking unilateral steps towards easing restrictions for families and property owners, and the failure to do so is unacceptable for our northern border communities.

  3. Friedrich August von Hayek:

    The history of government management of money has, except for a few short happy periods, been one of incessant fraud and deception.

  4. Dr Xi Li:

    Eleven million people have fled their homes in terror and millions of buildings have been destroyed, the electricity infrastructure itself is in need of wholesale re-building and repair after incessant and targeted attacks by all parties to the conflict, especially in areas under opposition control.

  5. Juana Camila Bautista:

    Human trafficking is an incessant and constant battle. It's a complicated crime that takes time to investigate, the main barrier is the terrible fear victims feel that prevents them from coming forward and reporting the crime. They don't speak out. That's our biggest obstacle.

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