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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

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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. Amrita Sen:

    It's not just the price, it's the incessant selling, every day. That surprised me, we are really in the realm of irrationality.

  2. Feltham:

    The life of man is the incessant walk of nature, wherein every moment is a step towards death. Even our growing to perfection is a progress to decay. Every thought we have is a sand running out of the glass of life.

  3. Marcus Aurelius:

    Some things are rushing into existence, others out of it. Some of what now exists is already gone. Change and flux constantly remake the world, just as the incessant progression of time remakes eternity. We find ourselves in a river. Which of the things around us should we value when none of them can offer a firm foothold? Like an attachment to a sparrow: we glimpse it and it’s gone.

  4. Phin Ziebell:

    Notwithstanding day-to-day movements, the fundamental picture hasn't really changed, and that is one of supply outstripping demand growth for most of the year, it's an incessant march downwards, and it would be interesting to see where it bottoms out, but there doesn't seem to be any sign of it so far.

  5. Dan Bishop:

    People are astonished and amazed and dismayed at what they see coming out of Washington these days from liberal crazy clowns. Socialism. Open borders. Infanticide. 90% tax rates. Having prison inmates vote. It goes on and on, and of course, most of all, an incessant drive to impeach the president.

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