insistent
Americanadjective
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earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.
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compelling attention or notice.
an insistent tone.
adjective
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making continual and persistent demands
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demanding notice or attention; compelling
the insistent cry of a bird
Other Word Forms
- insistence noun
- insistently adverb
- noninsistent adjective
- overinsistent adjective
- overinsistently adverb
- quasi-insistent adjective
- quasi-insistently adverb
- superinsistent adjective
- superinsistently adverb
- uninsistent adjective
- uninsistently adverb
Etymology
Origin of insistent
1615–25; < Latin insistent- (stem of in-sistēns ), present participle of insistere. See insist, -ent
Example Sentences
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"Even when safeguards are in place, it has been proven relatively easy to bypass these if someone is insistent enough on doing so," she said.
From BBC
Yet even as the coach was roundly criticized for his handling of the situation, UCLA’s players were insistent that Cronin still had their backs.
From Los Angeles Times
He had pressed it into her hand, delirious but insistent, as all four of them had lifted him onto the longma’s back.
From Literature
After meeting bassist Robbie Shakespeare in 1972, the pair built distinct rhythms such as the insistent “Rockers” groove that bolstered canonical reggae tracks.
From Los Angeles Times
Mann was insistent, however, on breaking that vicious cycle.
From Los Angeles Times
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