incessant

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɪnˈsɛs.ənt/

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Adjective

incessant (comparative more incessant, superlative most incessant)

1. Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

   The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.

Synonyms

• unremitting
• continuous
• unceasing

Translations

without pause or stop; not ending

• Catalan: incessant (ca)
• Czech: neustálý (cs)
• Dutch: voortdurend (nl), onophoudelijk (nl)
• Finnish: herkeämätön (fi), alituinen (fi), lakkaamaton (fi)
• Icelandic: sífelldur, þrálaus, þrálátur, viðstöðulaus, stöðugur

• Russian: постоянный (ru) (postojannyj), непрерывный (ru) (nepreryvnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: sìor (gd)
• Spanish: incesante (es)
• Swedish: oavbruten (sv), oavlåtlig (sv), oupphörlig (sv), ständig (sv)

Anagrams

• anticness, cantiness, instances

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Catalan

Etymology

in- +‎ cessant

Adjective

incessant m, f (masculine and feminine plural incessants)

1. incessant

Related terms

• cessar

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French

Adjective

incessant m (feminine incessante, masculine plural incessants, feminine plural incessantes)

1. incessant

Anagrams

• instances

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Latin

Verb

incessant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of incessō