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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.

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RELATED WORDS

unrelenting, resolute, forceful, persistent, incessant, urgent, pressing, dire, assertive, emphatic, burning, clamant, clamorous, continuous, crying, dogged, exigent, imperative, imperious, importunate

Nearby words

  1. insipience,
  2. insipient,
  3. insist,
  4. insistence,
  5. insistency,
  6. insistently,
  7. insnare,
  8. insobriety,
  9. insociable,
  10. insofar

Origin of insistent

1615–25; < Latin insistent- (stem of in-sistēns), present participle of insistere. See insist, -ent
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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 Formsinsistence or insistency, nouninsistently, adverb
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Word Origin and History for insistent

insistent

adj.

1620s, "standing on something," from Latin insistentem (nominative insistens), present participle of insistere (see insist). Meaning "dwelling firmly on something asserted" is from 1868. Related: Insistently.

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