insistent

American  

[in-sis-tuhnt] / ɪnˈsɪs tənt /

adjective

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

2. compelling attention or notice.

   an insistent tone.

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insistent British  

/ ɪnˈsɪstənt /

adjective

1. making continual and persistent demands

2. demanding notice or attention; compelling

   the insistent cry of a bird

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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

But they don’t tell you that the time will come when you stare into the cupboard where the “Elmer the Elephant” plate used to be kept and feel a small but insistent stab of loss.

From The Wall Street Journal

After the UMG-Udio deal was announced, Jordan Bromley, a board member at the nonprofit Music Artists Coalition and Manatt Entertainment Group Leader, said he was “cautiously optimistic but insistent on details.”

From Los Angeles Times

Autumn repeats with insistent eyes, as if she’s trying to get an answer out of me.

From Literature

She might have slept longer, after the exhausting hike of the previous day, but that plunk—plunk—plunking sound was as insistent as a blacksmith’s hammer.

From Literature

All involved in the dispute are in agreement that a new school for the area is needed, and members of the local authority are insistent Whitegates is the best option.

From BBC

Related Words

• assertive
• dire
• emphatic
• forceful
• incessant
• persistent
• pressing
• resolute
• unrelenting
• urgent