insistent

[ in-sis-tuh nt ]

/ ɪnˈsɪs tənt /

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adjective

earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.

compelling attention or notice: an insistent tone.

Words nearby insistent

insipid, insipience, insist, insistence, insistency, insistent, insnare, insobriety, insociable, insofar, insofar as

Origin of insistent

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

OTHER WORDS FROM insistent

in·sist·ent·ly, adverbnon·in·sist·ent, adjectiveo·ver·in·sist·ent, adjectiveo·ver·in·sist·ent·ly, adverb

qua·si-in·sist·ent, adjectivequa·si-in·sist·ent·ly, adverbsu·per·in·sist·ent, adjectivesu·per·in·sist·ent·ly, adverbun·in·sist·ent, adjectiveun·in·sist·ent·ly, adverb

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The rule, which it must be said Taylor was insistent on, was that neither of us could spill or take a break.
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British Dictionary definitions for insistent

insistent

/ (ɪnˈsɪstənt) /

adjective

making continual and persistent demands

demanding notice or attention; compellingthe insistent cry of a bird

Derived forms of insistent

insistence or insistency, nouninsistently, adverb

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insistent

adjective

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Words nearby insistent

Origin of insistent

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British Dictionary definitions for insistent

adjective

Derived forms of insistent