Incessant

Definitions: Incessant

Incessant

Adjective

1. Occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your perpetual (or continual) complaints".

2. 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".

Date "incessant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Incessant \In*ces"sant\, adjective. [Latin expression incessans, -antis; prefix in- not cessare to cease: compare to the French expression incessant. See Cease.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Incessant

Synonyms: ceaseless (adj), constant (adj), endless (adj), never-ending (adj), perpetual (adj), unceasing (adj), unremitting (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Care	Phrase: quis custodiet istos custodes?; "care will kill a cat"; ni bebas agua que no veas; "O polished perturbation! Golden care!"; "the incessant care and labor of his mind".
Frequency	Adjective: frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming, incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick; uniform; repeated; customary; (habit); regular (normal); according to rule; (conformable).
Perpetuity	Adjective: perpetual, eternal; everduring, everlasting, ever-living, ever-flowing; continual, sempiternal; coeternal; endless, unending; ceaseless, incessant, uninterrupted, indesinent, unceasing; endless, unending, interminable, having no end; unfading, evergreen, amaranthine; neverending, never-dying, never-fading; deathless, immortal, undying, imperishable.
Repetition	Adjective: repeated; Verb: repetitional, repetitionary; recurrent, recurring; ever recurring, thick coming; frequent, incessant; redundant, pleonastic.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Incessant

English words defined with "incessant": Abderian ♦ babbler ♦ cackler, ceaseless, constant, Continual proportionals ♦ endless, Endless screw, Everliving ♦ never-ending ♦ perpetual, perpetual screw ♦ unceasing, Uncessant, unremitting ♦ voice. (references)

Specialty definitions using "incessant": Abderitan Laughter ♦ Chevy Chase ♦ Gama ♦ Manicheism. (references)

Etymologies containing "incessant": incessancy ♦ Uncessant. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Incessant" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (ceaseless, continual, incessant, unceasing, unremitting).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	For a mechanic, you seem to do an incessant amount of thinking. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) Life is an incessant series of problems all difficult, with brutally limited choices - and a time limit. (Toraigan; writing credit: Y�suke Kuroda)
Movie/TV Titles	Incessant (1988)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Leonardo's Incessant Last Supper (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal	How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
Burton	As dogs in a wheel, or squirrels in a cage, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.
George F. Baer	Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an intense, incessant, implacable doubt.
Ouida	The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.
William Godwin	Incessant change, everlasting innovation, seem to be dictated by the true interests of mankind. But government is the perpetual enemy of change.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	The anxious cares, the incessant attentions of Mrs. Weston, were not thrown away.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Incessant labor with my hands, at first, for I had my house to finish and my beans to hoe at the same time, made more study impossible.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Clearly established protective factors include greater than one full-term pregnancy, oral contraceptive use, and breast-feeding, all of which reduce incessant ovulation. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	But you do have a responsibility to assess the impact of your work and to understand the damage that comes from the incessant, repetitive, mindless violence and irresponsible conduct that permeates our media all the time.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Incessant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Incessant" is used about 153 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	153	25,427

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "incessant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i vazhdueshëm (ceaseless, chronic, constant, continual, continued, continuous, endless, frequent, lingering, niggling, non-stop, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, regular, running, steady, unbroken, uninterrupted), i pareshtur (ceaseless), i pandërprerë (ceaseless, continual, continuous, entire, inseverable, perpetual, solid, sustained, unceasing, uniform, uninterrupted, unremitting). (various references)

Arabic		‏متواصل (ceaseless, constant, continual, continued, continuous, persistent, round the clock, running, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting), ‏مستمر (abiding, constant, continual, enduring, everlasting, permanent, persistent, standing, unending), ‏أبدي (endless, eternal, everlasting, indestructible, perpetual, timeless, undying, unending). (various references)

Bulgarian		вечен (constant, continual, endless, eternal, everlasting, imperishable, indissoluble, interminable, never ending, perdurable, perennial, perpetual, sempiternal, timeless, undying, unfading, unperishing), непрестанен (ceaseless, constant, continual, growing, hourly, steady, unending, unremitting), непрекъснат (continual, continuous, everlasting, permanent, perpetual, running, solid, sustained, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting), безкраен (dateless, endless, eternal, everlasting, infinite, measureless, never ending, perpetual, spaceless, termless, timeless, unbounded, unending, unmeasured). (various references)

Chinese		綿 (cotton, downy, soft), 持续不断, 不停 . (various references)

Czech		ustavièný (ceaseless, constant, continual, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting), neustálý (constant, continual, eternal, habitual, perpetual, steady, uninterrupted), nepřetržitý (continual, continuous, solid, steady, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted). (various references)

Farsi		پیوسته (Against, Allied, Always, Away, Ceaseless, Concomitant, Contiguous, Continual, Cursive, Eternal, Forever, Married, Proximate, Uninterrupted), پی درپی (Consecutive, Continual, Continuum, Steady), لاینقطع , بی پایان (Abyss, Eternal, Eternity, Inconclusive, Unbound, Unending, Unfinished). (various references)

Finnish		taukoamaton (continuous, uninterrupted), lakkaamaton (unceasing, uninterrupted), herkeämätön (continuous, steady, unceasing), alituinen (continual, continuous, perpetual). (various references)

French		incessant, perpétuel. (various references)

German		ununterbrochen (CONS, continu, continually, continuous, continuously, incessantly, non-stop, solid, solidly, steadily, steady, unbroken, uninterrupted), unablässig (ceaseless, constant, continual, incessantly, permanent, sustained, unceasing, uninterrupted, unrelenting, unremitting, unremittingly). (various references)

Greek		αδιάκοποσ (constant, continuous, pauseless, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unrelenting). (various references)

Hebrew		לא פוסק (unremitting), תמי�"י (constant, continuous, permanent, persistent, unfailing). (various references)

Hungarian		szakadatlan (continual, perpetual, round the clock, unceasing, unremitting), folytonos (constant, continual, non-stop, permanent, perpetual, successive, uninterrupted). (various references)

Indonesian		gencar (repeatedly, unbroken, unceasing). (various references)

Italian		incessante (ceaseless, continuous, continuously, everlasting, nonstop, restless, unabating, unceasing, unending, uninterrupted, unremitting, unresting), continuo (abiding, ceaseless, CONS, continu, continual, continuous, continuum, hourly, lasting, non-stop, persistent, running, steady). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"�め立てる (to attack incessantly, to make an incessant onslaught). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せめたてる (to attack incessantly, to make an incessant onslaught, to torture severely, to urge). (various references)

Korean		끊임없�" (Continuous, Perpetual). (various references)

Manx		kinjagh (ballast, ballast of person, constant, continual, continuous, definite, invariable, persistent, regular, steady, unceasing, unfailing), farraghtagh (long lasting). (various references)

Norwegian		uopphørlig. (various references)

Pig Latin		incessantay

Portuguese		ininterrupto (constant, continued, direct, lasting, straight, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, unending, uninterrupted, unremitting), incessante (ceaseless, never-ceasing, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting), incerteza (doubt, dubious, hazy, if, incertainty, maze, suspense, toss up, uncertainty), constante (all-time, besetting, constant, continual, even, fixed, frequent, lasting, loyalist, permanent, persevering, persistent, stable, standing, steadfast, sustained, true blue, uniform, unremitting, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unwearying). (various references)

Romanian		neîncetat (ceaseless, ceaselessly, continual, continually, continuous, endless, invariably, never ending, never-ceasing, relentless, restlessly, sabbathless, unbroken, unceasing, unending, unremitting), continuu (ceaseless, continual, continually, continuous, continuously, hourly, perpetual, running, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting). (various references)

Russian		непрерывный (ceaseless, contiguous, continual, continued, continuous, indiscrete, on-the-fly, perpetual, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neprestan (continual, never ending, never-ceasing, permanent, timeless, unceasing, uninterrupted), neprekidan (ceaseless, continual, continuous, non-stop, on-going, round the clock, sustained, sustaining, unresting). (various references)

Spanish		incesante (ceaseless, constant, continuous, never-ceasing, non-stop, unabating, unceasing, unremitting). (various references)

Swedish		ihållande (continual, continuous, insistent, pertinacious), ständig (continual, eternal, everlasting, hourly, invariable, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent), oupphörlig (ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, lasting, perpetual, sustained, unceasing), oabruten. (various references)

Turkish		sürekli (abiding, assiduous, chronic, consistent, consistently, constant, continual, continuous, continuum, durable, enduring, everlasting, habitual, hourly, imprescriptible, invariable, lasting, non-stop, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, running, secular, settled, standing, steady, sustained, unabating, unceasing, unremitting), devamlı (assiduous, away, chronic, continual, continued, continuous, everlasting, evermore, forever, frequent, hourly, in ordinary, invariable, invariably, lasting, non-stop, on end, permanent, persistent, regular, regularly, settled, steady, sustained, unabating, unbroken, unceasing, unremitting), ardı arkası kesilmeyen, aralıksız (continued, continuous, non-stop, perpetual, sustained, unabating, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting, without a respite, without interruption, without space). (various references)

Turkmen		яoknasyz. (various references)

Ukranian		невпинний (ceaseless, unremitting), безперервний (ceaseless, continual, continued, continuous, entire, never ending, never-ceasing, ongoing, perpetual, unceasing, uninterrupted). (various references)

Vietnamese		liên miên (constant, constantly, continual, on), không ngừng (ceaseless, everlasting, never-ceasing, truceless, unceasing, unintermittent, unremitting), không ngớt (cease, ceaseless, everlasting, never-ceasing, unceasing, unremitting), không dứt (ceaseless, constant, continuous, truceless, unceasing, unending). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adsidua, adsidue, adsiduus, in-, incessabiles. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "incessant": incessantly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Incessant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: incesant, incescent, inceseant, incessantl, incessent, incesstant, incressent, inecessant, inessant, Ingesson, insessant, mincassian. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "incessant" (pronounced i'nse"sunt)
5	-e" s u n t	adolescent, antidepressant, convalescent, Crescent, depressant, effervescent, evanescent, fluorescent, incandescent, iridescent, luminescent, obsolescent, preadolescent, quiescent, suppressant, tumescent.
4	-s u n t	absent, adjacent, complacent, complaisant, conversant, decent, dispersant, docent, indecent, innocent, lucent, magnificent, nascent, recent, reminiscent, reticent, translucent.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complainant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convenient, convent, convergent, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, luxuriant, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: instances.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-n-n-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: ancients, canniest, cineasts, insanest, insectan, instance, scanties, stanines.
	-2 letters: acetins, ancient, ascents, ascites, canines, caseins, cineast, ectasis, encinas, entasis, inanest, incants, incases, incests, insects, nancies, nascent, nasties, secants, sennits, sestina, siennas, stances, stanine, stannic, tansies, tisanes.
	-3 letters: acetin, actins, anenst, anises, antics, ascent, assent, canine, cannie, casein, castes, centai, centas, cestas, enacts, enatic, encina, inanes, incant, incase, incest, innate, insane, insect, insets, nances, nastic, nicest, saices, saints, sanest, sanies, sansei, satins, scants, scenas, scents, secant, sennas, sennit, sienna, siesta, stains, stance, stanes, steins, tannic, tassie, tenias, tennis, tineas, tisane.
	-4 letters: acnes, actin, anent, anise, antes, antic, antis, asset, cains, canes, canst, cants, cases, caste, casts, cates, cents, cesta, cesti, cines, cists, cites, easts, enact, entia, etnas, inane, inset, nance, nates, neats, neist, nests, nines, nites, saice, sains, saint, sanes, sasin, sates, satin, satis, scans, scant, scats, scena, scent, seats, sects, senna, sensa, senti, sices, since, sines, sites, snits, stain, stane, stein, sties, taces, tains, tasse, tenia, tinea, tines.
	-5 letters: aces, acne, acts, ains, aits, anes, anis, ante, anti, ants, asci, ates, cain, cane, cans, cant, case, cast, cate, cats, cent, cess, cine, cist, cite, east, eats, etas, etic, etna, ices, inns, nans, neat, ness, nest, nets, nice, nine, nite, nits, sacs, sain, sane, sans, sate, sati, scan, scat, seas, seat, secs, sect, seis, sent, seta, sets, sice, sics, sine, sins, site, sits, snit, tace, tain, tans, tass, teas, tens, tics, ties, tine, tins.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-n-n-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: cannisters, instancies, intactness, scantiness.
	+2 letters: abstinences, ancientness, constancies, disenchants, franticness, incessantly, inexactness, nonascetics, stagnancies, transiences.
	+3 letters: anilinctuses, antisciences, contrariness, exactingness, inchoateness, intactnesses, linecastings, sanctimonies, scantinesses, subtenancies, transections, transiencies.
	+4 letters: acceptingness, amniocenteses, amniocentesis, ancientnesses, anticonsumers, antirecession, astringencies, compensations, condensations, consecrations, conservations, consultancies, containerises, containerless, contestations, conversations, counterstains, disenchanters, disinfectants, encrustations, fanaticalness, franticnesses, identicalness, incandescents, inconstancies, inexactnesses, intricateness, necessitarian, necessitating, necessitation, neurasthenics, nonassociated, nonresistance, nonspecialist, nonsystematic, somnifacients, tenaciousness, transfections, uncertainness.
	+5 letters: accidentalness, anticensorship, antidesiccants, antimechanists, antirecessions, ascertainments, considerations, constellations, consternations, contagiousness, containerships, contrarinesses, coordinateness, densifications, encapsulations, exactingnesses, expansionistic, incautiousness, inchoatenesses, indelicateness, intercessional, intransigences, miscegenations, necessitarians, necessitations, nonresistances, nonspecialists, translucencies, transmittances, transparencies, tyrannicalness, unenthusiastic.
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