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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing;
- Example: "the ceaseless thunder of surf"
- Example: "in constant pain"
- Example: "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"
- Example: "the never-ending search for happiness"
- Example: "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"
- Example: "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"
- Example: "unremitting demands of hunger"
[syn: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Incessant \In*ces"sant\, a. [L. incessans, -antis; pref. in- not
   + cessare to cease: cf. F. incessant. See Cease.]
   Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing;
   unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant
   clamors; incessant pain, etc.
   [1913 Webster]

         Against the castle gate,
         . . . Which with incessant force and endless hate,
         They batter'd day and night and entrance did await.
                                                  --Spenser.

   Syn: Unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; unremitting;
        ceaseless; continual; constant; perpetual.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

incessant
    adj 1: 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" [syn: ceaseless,
           constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual,
           unceasing, unremitting]