Insistent Definition

ĭn-sĭstənt
adjective
Firm in asserting a demand or an opinion; unyielding.
American Heritage
Compelling the attention.
An insistent rhythm.
Webster's New World
Insisting or demanding; persistent in demands or assertions.
Webster's New World

Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.

Wiktionary

Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.

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Origin of Insistent

  • From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.

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Insistent Sentence Examples

  • He was insistent on meeting with her as planned.

  • The President was insistent upon the need of repealing the excess profits taxes and reducing transportation taxes and income surtaxes.

  • So, back in the car Dean climbed, with an insistent Fred O'Connor beside him, ready to kick him awake if he nodded off.

  • They were not given to metaphysical speculation, nor long insistent in their inquiries as to the meaning and origin of things.

  • Jenn waited until he'd been gone for a few minutes, her thoughts more insistent than she wanted.

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