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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 [ɪnˈsɪstənt]
adj
1. making continual and persistent demands
2. demanding notice or attention; compelling the insistent cry of a bird
insistence , insistency 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
adjective
2. persistent, repeated, constant, repetitive, incessant, unremitting the insistent rhythms of dance music
Translations
insistent [ɪnˈsɪstənt] ADJ [person, demands, questions] → insistente
to be insistent thatinsistir en que
he was insistent that we should have a drinkinsistió en que tomásemos una copa
he was insistent that he had switched the light offinsistía en que había apagado la luz
to be insistent about sthinsistir en algo
she was insistent about leaving at seveninsistió en salir a las siete
to be insistent on sthinsistir en algo
she is most insistent on this pointinsiste mucho en este punto
we could hear the insistent ringing of a telephone in another roompodríamos oír el insistente sonido de un teléfono en otra habitación
in an insistent tonecon un tono apremiante
insistent [ɪnˈsɪstənt] adj
(= determined) [person] → insistant(e)
to be insistent that → insister pour que ... + subj
She had been insistent that the matter be resolved quickly → Elle avait insisté pour que les choses soient réglées rapidement.
(= continual) [noise, rhythm] → insistant(e)
the phone's insistent ringing → la sonnerie insistante du téléphone
insistent
adj
personbeharrlich, hartnäckig; salesman etcaufdringlich; I didn’t want to but he was insistent (that …)ich wollte eigentlich nicht, aber er bestand or beharrte darauf (, dass …); he was most insistent about iter beharrte or bestand hartnäckig darauf
(= urgent) demand, tonenachdrücklich, penetrant (pej); rhythmaufdringlich; ringingpenetrant (pej); (= constant)unaufhörlich
insistent [ɪnˈsɪstnt] adjinsistente
insistent [ɪnˈsɪstnt] 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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