incessant
Syllables: in·ces·sant/ɪnˈsɛs.ənt/
incessant adjective: without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
Adjective
incessant (comparative more incessant, superlative most incessant)
- Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
- The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.
- […] incessant interferings and bickerings, in every country, between the secular powers and the ecclesiastical.1807, George Campbell, Lectures on Ecclesiastical History, page 274
- Synonyms:
- unremitting, continuous, unceasing
incessant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
incessant in Hindi
- without pause or stop; not ending
- निरंतर nirantar
incessant in Tamil
- இடையறாத, இடைவிடாத, ஓயாத, தொடர்ச்சியான
incessant in Marathi
- without pause or stop; not ending
- अविश्रांत aviśrānta
incessant in Urdu
- دوامی, غیرمنقطع, لگاتار, تابڑتوڑ
More languagesFewer languages
- incessant in Bengali
- অবিরত obiroto, অনবরত onoboroto, অবিরাম obiram, অবিশ্রান্ত obisranto
- incessant in Malayalam
- തുടരെ, നിരന്തരമായ, അഭംഗമായ, ഇടവിടാത്ത
- incessant in Kannada
- ಎಡೆಬಿಡದ, ನಿರಂತರ, ಅವಿರತವಾದ, ನಿಲ್ಲದ
- incessant in Arabic
- مُسْتَمِرّ mustamirr, مُتَوَاصِل mutawāṣil
Examples of incessant in a sentence
- The incessant flashing of the neon sign kept the neighborhood awake.
- The incessant nightmares drove him to distraction.
- His incessant coughing made his voice sound raspy.
Synonyms of incessant
Forms of incessant
| comparative | more incessant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most incessant |
Origin of incessant
From Late Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessantem, from Latin in- + cessāns.
Words formed from incessant
Words that rhyme with incessant
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
Questions about incessant
- What does incessant mean?
- Incessant means without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
- What is incessant in Hindi?
- Incessant in Hindi is निरंतर (nirantar). See Incessant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is incessant?
- Incessant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce incessant?
- Incessant is pronounced /ɪnˈsɛs.ənt/.
Words near incessant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: incessant (page history and authors); incessant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incessant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incessant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incessant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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