unabating

Refusing to diminish

Unabating means continuing without any decrease in intensity or force.

Rain, pain, criticism, or enthusiasm can all be unabating—they persist at full strength: The unabating wind made rescue efforts impossible.

The word emphasizes duration and constancy; something unabating shows no sign of letting up.

continuous

unceasing

Never coming to rest

sustained · ongoing · uninterrupted · unbroken · ceaseless · nonstop · around-the-clock · unremitting · continual · persistent

steadfast

unwavering

Steady and unchanging

dogged · tenacious · persistent · determined · resolute · steadfast · unswerving · unfaltering · unfailing · unyielding

intensity

relentless

Continuing without pause

inexorable · unmitigated · undiminished · unwaning · unreduced · unlessened · unweakened · unsoftened · undampened · untempered

Opposites
intensity persistence

unabatingabating

Becoming less intense

diminishing · subsiding · waning · lessening · fading

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G