unremitting

  • 1Unremitting — Un re*mit ting, a. Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions. Cowper. {Un re*mit ting*ly}, adv. {Un re*mit ting*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2unremitting — I adjective adsiduus, assiduous, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, continuus, diligent, durable, enduring, incessant, indefatigable, perennial, perpetual, perseverant, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, sedulous, tenacious, unabated …

    Law dictionary

  • 3unremitting — (adj.) 1728, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + prp. of REMIT (Cf. remit). Related: Unremittingly …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4unremitting — constant, incessant, *continual, continuous, perpetual, perennial Analogous words: unceasing, interminable, endless (see EVERLASTING): assiduous, sedulous, diligent (see BUSY): *indefatigable, untiring Contrasted words: remiss, lax, slack (see… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 5unremitting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ never relaxing or slackening. DERIVATIVES unremittingly adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6unremitting — [un΄ri mit′iŋ] adj. not stopping, relaxing, or slackening; incessant; persistent …

    English World dictionary

  • 7unremitting — [[t]ʌ̱nrɪmɪ̱tɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Something that is unremitting continues without stopping or becoming less intense. [FORMAL] I was sent to boarding school, where I spent six years of unremitting misery... He watched her with unremitting… …

    English dictionary

  • 8unremitting — unremittingly, adv. unremittingness, n. /un ri mit ing/, adj. not slackening or abating; incessant: unremitting noise; unremitting attention. [1720 30; UN 1 + REMITTING] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 9unremitting — adjective formal an action or effort that is unremitting continues for a long time and probably will not stop: lives of unremitting drudgery unremittingly adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10unremitting — adjective Date: 1728 not remitting ; constant, incessant < unremitting pain > • unremittingly adverb …

    New Collegiate Dictionary