What is an adjective that means constant with a negative connotation? [closed]
Solution 1:
Incessant is almost always used negatively. Relentless is also really good to make something feel overwhelming, as long as the context indicates a bad situation.
Solution 2:
Interminable:
[Merriam-Webster]
: having or seeming to have no end
especially : wearisomely protracted
// an interminable sermon// And yet until last month, many here saw the rise of the cartel as an internal matter for the parties in an interminable drug war. — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, "Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel blazes a bloody trail in rise to power," 10 July 2020
// Who’s telling them to maintain a safe distance from each other while standing in an interminable line? — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, "Is moving football to the spring really such a bad idea? Like it or not, it’s time to consider the option," 5 July 2020
It could be used in the context of the question in the following way:
The atmosphere of attention, suspicion, and micromanagement was interminable.
Solution 3:
You could say he felt dogged by his employers. As an adjective, dogged, as in dogged persistence, dogged pursuit.
From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dogged
Definition of dog (Entry 3 of 4) transitive verb
1a : to hunt, track, or follow like a hound
dogged her every move
b : to worry as if by pursuit with dogs : PLAGUE
dogged by his past failures
c : to bother or pester persistently
dogged him about his grades