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incessant adjective [ ɪnˈsɛs(ə)nt ]

• (of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption.
• "the incessant beat of the music"
Similar: ceaseless, unceasing, constant, continual, unabating, interminable, endless, unending, never-ending, everlasting, eternal, perpetual, continuous, non-stop, uninterrupted, unbroken, ongoing, unremitting, persistent, relentless, unrelenting, unrelieved, sustained, unflagging, unwearying, untiring, recurrent,
Opposite: intermittent, occasional,
Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin incessant-, from in- ‘not’ + Latin cessant- ‘ceasing’ (from the verb cessare ).


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