insistent | ||
1. | [ adjective ] persistently continual | |
Synonyms: | repetitive | |
Examples: | "the bluejay's insistent cry" |
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Related terms: | continual | |
2. | [ adjective ] demanding attention | |
Synonyms: | crying exigent instant clamant | |
Examples: | "clamant needs" "a crying need" "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken "insistent hunger" "an instant need" |
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Related terms: | imperative | |
Similar spelling: |
insistently insist insistency insistence insisting inquisitive inquisition injustice ingestion ingest incise incest inquisitor insight inquisitory ingesta in_suspense |