incessant
pronunciation
How to pronounce incessant in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsesnt]
How to pronounce incessant in American English:
US [ɪnˈsesnt]
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- Adjective:
- occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted
- uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
Word Origin
- incessant (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Old French incessant (mid-14c.), from Late Latin incessantem (nominative incessans) "unceasing," from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + cessantem (nominative cessans), present participle of cessare "cease" (see cease). Related: Incessantly (early 15c.).
Antonym
Example
- 1. Incessant repetition of favorite topics , expression , or words ;
- 2. Nonetheless there is incessant talk about the " failure " of higher education .
- 3. But in their incessant repetitiveness the meaning of conversion is gradually hollowed out . It is made less transformative .
- 4. The human body is an extraordinary machine , and our behavior an incessant source of fascination .
- 5. In my pocket , that photograph pulsed with an incessant force : I understood that it had become my heart .