incessant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
    ceaseless; constant; unceasing; perpetual; never-ending; unremitting.
    • 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

WordNet

In*ces"sant adjective
Etymology
L. incessans, -antis; pref. in- not + cessare to cease: cf. F. incessant. See Cease.
Definitions
  1. Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc.
    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.

Webster 1913