If something, often something unpleasant, is ceaseless, it continues for a long time without stopping or changing.
[formal]
There is a ceaseless struggle from noon to night.
Synonyms: continual, constant, endless, continuous More Synonyms of ceaseless
ceaselesslyadverb [usually ADVERB with verb]
The characters complain ceaselessly about food queues, prices and corruption.
ceaseless in British English
(ˈsiːslɪs)
adjective
without stop or pause; incessant
Derived forms
ceaselessly (ˈceaselessly)
adverb
ceaseless in American English
(ˈsislɪs)
adjective
unceasing; continual
Derived forms
ceaselessly (ˈceaselessly)
adverb
Examples of 'ceaseless' in a sentence
ceaseless
Many people striving to get through the next fortnight of seemingly ceaseless spending may be tempted to spread the cost with a zero per cent credit card.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He himself would continue on his ceaseless quest to crush the rebels.
Philip Marsden The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy (2007)
His ceaseless flow of energy echoes that of the movers and shakers who have lived here before him.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In the bleak midsummer, ceaseless rain made yet more mischief for cricket yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A day when we turn our minds from the ceaseless rain to love.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The painting commenced on a Tuesday because on the Monday there was ceaseless rain.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Sure enough, we spent much of the rest of the season cursing the ceaseless rain and wondering why we bothered to sow tomatoes at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In Devon, ceaseless rain depressed me.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A handful have been restored, but most have been left to the elements and have been torn apart by the almost ceaseless gales.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A far wider chasm is presented by the production's restless, ceaseless search for gravitas and momentum.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
(adjective)
Definition
without stopping
Their life is a ceaseless struggle for survival.
Synonyms
continual
Despite continual pain, he refused all drugs.
constant
The frontier was a constant source of conflict.
endless
causing irreparable damage in a seemingly endless war
continuous
Residents reported that they heard continuous gunfire.
eternal
In the background was that eternal humming noise.
perennial
the perennial urban problems of drugs and homelessness
perpetual
her perpetual complaints
never-ending
a never-ending lecture
interminable
an interminable meeting
incessant
Incessant rain made conditions almost intolerable.
everlasting
I'm tired of your everlasting bickering.
unending
the country's seemingly unending cycle of political violence
unremitting
boarding school, where I spent six years of unremitting misery
thanks to his unremitting efforts
nonstop
untiring
an untiring fighter for justice, democracy and tolerance
indefatigable
Opposites
broken
,
occasional
,
irregular
,
erratic
,
periodic
,
sporadic
,
intermittent
,
spasmodic
Additional synonyms
in the sense of constant
Definition
continuous
The frontier was a constant source of conflict.
Synonyms
continuous,
sustained,
endless,
persistent,
eternal,
relentless,
perpetual,
continual,
never-ending,
habitual,
uninterrupted,
interminable,
unrelenting,
incessant,
everlasting,
ceaseless,
unremitting,
nonstop
in the sense of continuous
Definition
not having any breaks or gaps in it
Residents reported that they heard continuous gunfire.
Synonyms
constant,
continued,
extended,
prolonged,
unbroken,
uninterrupted,
unceasing
in the sense of endless
Definition
having no end
causing irreparable damage in a seemingly endless war