Definition of incessant in US English:

adjective

• (of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption.

  ‘the incessant beat of the music’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The first thing you notice about Hanoi, the capital, is the incessant noise.’
  • ‘The combination of bitter cold and incessant rain was guaranteed to cool his temper.’
  • ‘The chanting started up again, broken only by the incessant pounding on the windows from the prisoners.’
  • ‘A major step towards ecological sustainability is to stop our incessant shopping.’
  • ‘Is there anything positive to be taken at all from the incessant quest by games designers to create the perfect virtual woman?’
  • ‘Kenneth seems to be enjoying Manchester - despite his incessant whingeing.’
  • ‘The red carpet had been treated with some flame retardant chemical, and the incessant rain caused it to foam.’
  • ‘Does he feel no need to defend them when they come under incessant attack from his colleagues?’
  • ‘What a shame we don't hear more of them, and less of - oh, you know, the incessant bleating from the front benches.’
  • ‘These sounds are fused with the latest Hindi film music, but the incessant drum beating never stops.’
  • ‘But the one thing I always had problems with was the incessant questioning.’
  • ‘Tomorrow, the endless movement and incessant noise of home beckons.’
  • ‘Will the lights on my cable modem and router ever cease their incessant blinking?’
  • ‘The bad condition of city roads is because of the almost incessant rain, often heavy, ever since June.’
  • ‘My question is: what creates this incessant need to be productive amongst librarians?’
  • ‘The incessant barking of a neighborhood dog in Nogent that day seemed a bad omen.’
  • ‘Also, they were not prepared enough for the incessant rains that lashed the city the past few days.’
  • ‘The ordeal was far from over with incessant rain beating down mercilessly upon the operation.’
  • ‘The traffic is constant noisy chaos, and the incessant horn honking can drive you a bit mad, but it's worth the effort!’
  • ‘In short, success is forged by the incessant sustainable growth of the company's resources.’

  Synonyms

  ceaseless, unceasing, constant, continual, unabating, interminable, endless, unending, never-ending, everlasting, eternal, perpetual, continuous, non-stop, uninterrupted, unbroken, ongoing, unremitting, persistent, relentless, unrelenting, unrelieved, sustained, unflagging, unwearying, untiring

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