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insistent

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in·sis·tent  (n-sstnt)
adj.
1. Firm in asserting a demand or an opinion; unyielding.
2. Demanding attention or a response: insistent hunger.
3. Repetitive and persistent: the jay's insistent cry.

in·sistent·ly adv.

insistent
Adjective
1. making continual and persistent demands
2. demanding attention: the chirruping of an insistent bird
insistence n
insistently adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.insistent - repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry"
continual - occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"
2.insistent - demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"

insistent
Translations

insistent [ɪnˈsɪstənt] adjinsistente; empeñado
insistent [ɪnˈsɪstənt] insist adjinsistant(e)pressant(e); [noise, action] → ininterrompu(e)
insistent [ɪnˈsɪstənt] insist adj (determined) → hartnäckig;
(continual) → andauernd, penetrant (pej)
insistent [ɪnˈsɪstənt] adjinsistente

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HE had a dreamy, far-away look in his eyes, and his sad, insistent voice, gentle-spoken as a maid's, seemed the placid embodiment of some deep-seated melancholy.
The hard insistent thing in Jesse Bentley that had kept the people in the house silent and timid and that had never been dispelled by the presence of the girl Louise was ap- parently swept away by the coming of the boy.
Cutter had been so insistent in regard to these details that now she felt uncomfortable about staying there alone.
 
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