- making continual and persistent demands
- demanding notice or attention; compelling: the insistent cry of a bird
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in•sist•ent /ɪnˈsɪstənt/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- stating something firmly;
persistent:He's insistent about getting her to stop smoking. - that causes someone to notice:the insistent ringing of the alarm clock.
in•sist•ent
(in sis′tənt),USA pronunciation adj.
in•sist′ent•ly, adv.
- earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something;
persistent;
pertinacious. - compelling attention or notice:an insistent tone.
- Latin insistent- (stem of in-sistēns), present participle of insistere. See insist, -ent
- 1615–25
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insistent /ɪnˈsɪstənt/ adj
'insistent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
assert
- demand
- doctrinaire
- grill
- hard sell
- importunate
- inculcate
- loud
- pressurize
- stickler
- dun
- emphatic
- gaudy
- insistence
- persist
- punk rock
- quasi-insistent
- rap music
- urgent