insistent

[ in-sis-tuhnt ]
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adjective
  1. earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.

  2. compelling attention or notice: an insistent tone.

Origin of insistent

1
1615–25; <Latin insistent- (stem of in-sistēns), present participle of insistere.See insist, -ent

Other words from insistent

  • in·sist·ent·ly, adverb
  • non·in·sist·ent, adjective
  • o·ver·in·sist·ent, adjective
  • o·ver·in·sist·ent·ly, adverb
  • qua·si-in·sist·ent, adjective
  • qua·si-in·sist·ent·ly, adverb
  • su·per·in·sist·ent, adjective
  • su·per·in·sist·ent·ly, adverb
  • un·in·sist·ent, adjective
  • un·in·sist·ent·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for insistent

insistent

/ (ɪnˈsɪstənt) /


adjective
  1. making continual and persistent demands

  2. demanding notice or attention; compelling: the insistent cry of a bird

Derived forms of insistent

  • insistence or insistency, noun
  • insistently, adverb

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