Incessant (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The city's trains ran with an incessant hum that disrupted the peaceful atmosphere of the nearby park.
- Incessant emails and phone calls flooded the office, making it impossible to concentrate on the task at hand.
- The family could not escape the incessant chatter of their relatives during the long and tiresome road trip.
- The small village endured an incessant barrage of attacks from the enemy, making their lives a constant nightmare.
- Living near the highway caused them to be subjected to the incessant roar of traffic that made sleeping nearly impossible at night.