insistent English

Meaning insistent meaning

What does insistent mean?

insistent

— adjective (= repetitive) repetitive and persistent the bluejay's insistent cry

— adjective (= clamant, crying, exigent, instant) demanding attention clamant needs a crying need regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous — H.L.Mencken insistent hunger an instant need

Synonyms insistent synonyms

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persistent

obstinate

stubborn

importunate

tenacious

repetitive

clamant

urgent

pertinacious

persevering

instant

exigent

emphatic

dogged

determined

crying

wilful

unrelenting

tough

stubbornly

strongheaded

strict

stiff-necked

severe words

repeating

refractory

pressing

pertinaciously

obstinately

mind-numbing

loud

intractable

insistence

imperative

greed

forceful

fervent

earnest

dogging

doggedly

do-or-die

cruelty

confirmed

bulldog

besetting

adamantine

adamant

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Insist

• What words refer to insisting that someone do something?
  insist be insistent at someone's insistence put your foot down demand be adamant won't take no for an answer won't hear of maintain be resolute
• What words describe a person who insists?
  insistent importunate resolute