What is "insistent" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does insistent mean in English? Meaning of insistent definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "insistent" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "insistent": repetitive and persistent

Adjective

  • Meaning: repetitive and persistent
  • Example: the bluejay's insistent cry
  • Synonyms: insistent repetitive
  • Similar: continual
  • Meaning of "insistent": demanding attention

    Adjective

  • Meaning: demanding attention
  • Example: clamant needs a crying need regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous insistent hunger an instant need
  • Synonyms: clamant crying exigent insistent instant
  • Similar: imperative
  • Adjective: (obsolete) 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.(ornithology) 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.
  • Synonyms:

    unrelenting, resolute, forceful, persistent, incessant, urgent, pressing, dire, assertive, emphatic, burning, clamant, clamorous, continuous, crying, dogged, exigent, imperative, imperious, importunate, obstinate, peremptory, persevering, reiterative, resounding, perseverant,

    Antonyms:

    unimportant, insignificant, trivial, disinterested, indifferent, lenient, tolerant, relenting, weak,

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    insistent in English: insistent
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