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Dictionary: in·sis·tent   (ĭn-sĭs'tənt) pronunciation
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.
insistently in·sis'tent·ly adv.

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adjective

  1. Firm or obstinate, as in making a demand or maintaining a stand: importunate, importune, persistent, urgent. See continue/stop/pause.
  2. Bold and definite in character: assertive, emphatic, forceful. See strong/weak.

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adj

Definition: demanding
Antonyms: disinterested, indifferent, lenient, tolerant


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Urgent.

pronunciation I have noted that persons with bad judgment are most insistent that we do what they think best. — Lionel Abel

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - pågående, påtrængende, vedholdende, stadig, insisterende

Nederlands (Dutch)
vasthoudend, aandacht eisend

Français (French)
adj. - insistant, pressant, implacable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - beharrlich, hartnäckig, aufdringlich, nachdrücklich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επίμονος

Italiano (Italian)
insistente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - insistente

Русский (Russian)
настойчивый, привлекающий внимание

Español (Spanish)
adj. - insistente, persistente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - envis, ihållande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
坚持的, 显著的, 迫切的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 堅持的, 顯著的, 迫切的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 강요하는, 우기는, 눈에 띄는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 強要する, しつこい, 目立つ, 主張する, 固執する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) إصرار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתעקש, עומד על כך, לוחץ, דחוף, דורש‬


 
 
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