Meaning of INSISTENT
| Pronunciation: | | in'sistunt
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [adj] persistently continual; "the bluejay's insistent cry"
- [adj] demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | clamant, continual, crying, exigent, imperative, instant, repetitive |
| |
|
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \In*sist"ent\, a. [L. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of
insistere.]
1. Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.
--Sir H. Wotton.
2. Insisting; persistent; persevering.
3. (Zo["o]l.) See {Incumbent}.
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | acute, assertive, assiduous, burning, cajoling, clamant, clamorous, coaxing, compelling, constant, continuing, critical, crucial, crying, demanding, determined, diligent, dire, dogged, draining, dunning, emphatic, enduring, exacting, exigent, exorbitant, extortionate, faithful, firm, forceful, grasping, high-pressure, high-priority, immutable, imperative, imperious, importunate, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, inexorable, instant, invincible, lasting, loud, loyal, nagging, never-tiring, obstinate, obtrusive, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, pestering, pivotal, plaguing, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, pressing, rapt, relentless, resolute, resounding, sedulous, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady, stubborn, taxing, teasing, tenacious, tireless, unabating, uncompromising, unconquerable, undaunted, undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unsleeping, unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, urgent, utterly attentive, weariless, wheedling |
| |
|
|
|