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Incessive

/ɪnˈsɛs.ɪv/ · adjective

Meaning

Intense and active..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Intense and active.
  2. Fierce; cruel and aggressive.
  3. Continual or successive; unceasing.
  4. Tending to incite or inflame; incensive.
  5. Insightful; deep and succinct; incisive.
  6. Critical and accurate; incisive.
  7. (biology) Intruding inward.
  8. Included.

Example Sentences

In both species it is impossible for the eye to follow the incessive movements of the feet, and to compare them with those of other quadrupeds, but from their chrono-photographic images it is easy to see that, taking the order of the movements of the limbs as a standard, the lizards are trotting animals.
The primordial wants have been satisfied only by incessive toil, at least for most people.
It is true, the atmospheric regions, at first subnuvolar, soon became enubilated; and old Sol did not radiate his sudorific caloric so potently as on the hesternal day, but the roads had, in some places, become lutulent and somewhat clarty; presenting a great difficiliation to my incessive velocity, on account of the viscosity of the surface.
What strange lessons of preistly domination do we read in the institutions of Knights Templar, the preaching of Crusades against the Infidel, and those bitter, incessive dissensions between kings and popes!
War, the institution, the incessive monster which devours whole peoples, the world has learned to hate.
Because of its incessive conflicts with warlords and the Japanese, the Nationalist Party had to adopt a Soviet-type model for its political bureacratic structure.
The image of the Nigerian police became worse during the military era as the force became a ready tool of repression for incessive repressive military regimes.
Some Northern Murdochs may be of the same stock of the Murthacs of Rothes, heirs of the Pollocks, and progenitors through incessive heiresses of the Watsons and Leslies of Rothes.

Synonyms for incessive

maximalpassingutmostextremeferociousexquisiteintensealmightygreatesthighestmaximumragingultimateuttermostbarbarousinhumanfurioussavagebowellessbrutalcompassionlesscrueldemonicdespitefuldiabolicdiabolicalfellincessiveinclementinhumane

Antonyms for incessive

Related Words

superactivesuperintensekeenvibranthigh-poweredfierceferociousragingdesperatevigorousanimoseintenseacutevehementoverintenseheartydynamicbriskhigh-energyburning

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does incessive mean?

Incessive means Intense and active..

What is a synonym for incessive?

Common synonyms include maximal, passing, utmost, extreme.

What is the opposite of incessive?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use incessive in a sentence?

In both species it is impossible for the eye to follow the incessive movements of the feet, and to compare them with those of other quadrupeds, but from their chrono-photographic images it is easy to see that, taking the order of the movements of the limbs as a standard, the lizards are trotting animals.

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