incessant

Meanings

• adjective

  Unceasing or uninterrupted; continuous without pause.

  - "The incessant rain kept us indoors all day."
  - "The baby's incessant crying kept us awake all night."

• adjective

  Persistently annoying or troublesome.

  - "The incessant barking of the neighbor's dog disturbed the peace."
  - "The incessant buzzing of the mosquitoes was driving us crazy."

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Pronunciation

1. /ɪnˈsɛs.ənt/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

continuous , unceasing , unremitting

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with incessant
cessant , obstinate , abstain , maintain

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Variants

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incessant

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'incessus' meaning 'unbroken, continuous'.

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Trivia

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1. The longest word in English with the letter sequence 'incessant' is 'antidisestablishmentarianism'.

2. The term 'incessant' is often used in legal contexts to describe the continuous application or enforcement of a law.

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Related Concepts

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1. Persistence: The quality of continuing in a course of action in spite of facing obstacles, difficulties, or discouragement.

2. Relentless: Unyielding in pursuit or application; showing no mercy or compassion; unremitting.

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Quotes

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1. Whatever Stalin's ancestry, his biographers, Robert Tucker in particular, have concluded that his unfortunate childhood experiences, including "incessant", murderous beatings by his drunken father, were probably what caused his pathological behaviour.

   - Amy Knight,{it}Times Literary Supplement{/it},26 Apr. 1991

2. Magna Carta also stipulated that the shire courts should meet as royal courts under the itinerant justices more often than twice a year—a change, convenient to the landed classes and their "incessant" civil actions, that was not implemented because of the cost to the Crown.

   - Norman F. Cantor,{it}Imagining the Law{/it},1997

3. Much of the early motor development of the child depends on learning and refining such procedures, through play, imitation, trial and error, and "incessant" rehearsal.

   - Oliver Sacks,{it}New Yorker{/it},24 Sept. 2007

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Culture

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In literature, 'incessant' has been used to describe various situations, such as unrelenting rain, non-stop noise, or persistent challenges. It can also be used figuratively to describe someone's behavior or attitude.

How to Memorize "incessant"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a water faucet that never stops flowing, or a record that keeps spinning without stopping.

2. associate
   

   - Link the word 'incessant' with words like 'unrelenting', 'persistent', or 'continuous'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym I-N-C-E-S-S-A-N-T to remember the meaning: 'Incessant Noise Can Easily Seriously Annoy Neighbors Temporarily'.

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