Ceaseless Meaning
/ˈsiːsləs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjWithout an end.
adjWithout stop or pause, incessant.
Sentence Examples
Her ceaseless caterwauling alarmed every dog within a 500-foot radius.
The noise was ceaseless.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ rain caused the river to overflow its banks and flood the town.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ noise of the traffic kept me awake for the whole night tonight.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English cease Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English ceaseless From cease + -less.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands."
— 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ rain caused the river to overflow its banks and flood the town.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ noise of the traffic kept me awake for the whole night tonight.