insistent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Standing or resting on something.
Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.

/ɪnˈsɪstənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-insistent.wav

insistent more insistent most insistent

From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.

insist insistence insistency

insistently overinsistent uninsistent

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