incessant
Without pause or stopWithout pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
» This incessant noise drives me mad.
Этот непрекращающийся шум сводит меня с ума. — odexed
CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesWithout pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.
ständig, unablässig, unaufhörlich
постоя́нныйpostojánnyj, непреры́вныйneprerývnyj, беспреры́вныйbesprerývnyj
безперервнийbezperervnyj
- uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
Examples
14 sentencesThis incessant noise drives me mad.
ruЭтот непрекращающийся шум сводит меня с ума. — odexed
I can't stand the incessant traffic in my city.
Cookie's incessant meowing was pushing Tom to his limits.
For the whole of the past week, the rain was incessant.
deEs hat die gesamte letzte Woche lang ununterbrochen geregnet. — al_ex_an_der
Incessant taunting in childhood can be traumatic.
deStändige Hänseleien in der Kindheit können traumatisch wirken. — Yorwba
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Late Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessantem, from Latin iFrom Late Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessantem, from Latin in- + cessāns.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
more incessant, most incessant| Comparative | more incessant Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most incessant Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
7 synonyms- uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing:ceaselessconstantnever-endingperpetualunceasingunremitting
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.