What does Incessant mean?
Definitions for Incessant
ɪnˈsɛs əntin·ces·sant
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Princeton's WordNet
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
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
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
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
Incessantadjective
continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Incessant
in-ses′ant, adj. uninterrupted: continual.—adv. Incess′antly, unceasingly: (obs.) immediately. [L. incessans, -antis—in, not, cessāre, to cease.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Incessant in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Incessant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Incessant in a Sentence
Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its identity as a work of man.
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.
It's not just the price, it's the incessant selling, every day. That surprised me, we are really in the realm of irrationality.
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.
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.
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- incessantCatalan, Valencian
- neustálýCzech
- αδιάλειπτοςGreek
- incesanteSpanish
- بی وقفهPersian
- lakkaamaton, alituinen, herkeämätönFinnish
- sìorScottish Gaelic
- stöðugur, þrálaus, viðstöðulaus, sífelldur, þráláturIcelandic
- incessanteItalian
- अविश्रांतMarathi
- onophoudelijk, voortdurendDutch
- постоянный, непрерывныйRussian
- oavbruten, ständig, oavlåtlig, oupphörligSwedish
- ఎడతెగనిTelugu
- 不断的Chinese
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