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1. (adj.) insistent
emphatic in dwelling upon or maintaining something; persistent.
2. insistent
compelling attention or notice:
an insistent tone.
Etymology: (1615–25; < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) insistent, repetitive
repetitive and persistent
"the bluejay's insistent cry"
2. (adj) clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant
demanding attention
"clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
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1. (adjective) insistent
repeatedly saying or doing sth
The doctor was insistent that she go to the hospital.; the insistently ringing phone
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) insistent
standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall
2. (adj) insistent
insisting; persistent; persevering
3. (adj) insistent
see Incumbent
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Sense: (the act of) insisting
She went to see the doctor at her husband's insistence.
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 Afrikaans: aanhoudend |
 Arabic: مُصِر، مُلِح، لَجوج |
 Bulgarian: настоятелен |
 Brazilian: insistente |
 Czech: naléhavý |
 German: beharrlich |
 Danish: insisterende |
 Greek: επίμονος |
 Spanish: insistente |
 Estonian: rõhutatud |
 Farsi: مصر؛ سمج |
 Finnish: hellittämätön |
 French: pressant |
 Hebrew: מִתעַקֵש |
 Hindi: हठी, आग्रहपूर्ण |
 Croatian: uporan |
 Hungarian: ragaszkodó |
 Indonesian: gigih |
 Icelandic: eftirgangsharður; þrálátu |
 Italian: insistente |
 Japanese: しつこい |
 Korean: 고집하는, 집요한 |
 Lithuanian: prisispyręs, primygtinis |
 Latvian: neatlaidīgs; nepiekāpīgs |
 Malay: dengan desakan |
 Dutch: volhoudend |
 Norwegian: stadig, iherdig |
 Polish: uporczywy |
 Persian: مصر؛ سمج |
 Pashto: .ټنګار پااصراركوونكى |
 Portuguese: insistente |
 Romanian: insistent |
 Russian: настойчивый;настоятельный |
 Slovak: naliehavý |
 Slovenian: vztrajen |
 Serbian: uporan |
 Swedish: envis, enträgen, ihärdig |
 Thai: ยืนยัน |
 Turkish: ısrar eden, direnen |
 Taiwanese: 堅持的 |
 Ukrainian: наполегливий, настійний |
 Urdu: بضد |
 Vietnamese: dai dẳng |
 Chinese: 坚持的 |
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