insistent
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4.1
- adjective
- /ɪnˈsɪstənt/
:
insistente
- Even after several refusals, she remained insistent that he try her favorite dish.
- insistent demands
- more insistent
- grow more insistent
But her mom knows that Kelsey's insistent on having a wedding.
- But her mom knows that Kelsey's insistent on having a wedding.
- You guys are so insistent on not being nice.
- Negrin is insistent that resistance must continue at all costs.
- So that in itself is a very insistent pattern on the part of Fitzgerald.
- And in all uncertain terms, she was insistent that we understood those teachings.
- They are insistent upon temple sacrifices.
- And they feel so insistent on this that they've actually taken it upon themselves to try and cut it off.
- The narcissistic parent may be insistent that the children love their new great love and children may struggle with this on multiple levels.
- She is insistent that running is her thing and says I'm not allowed to engage in it, which feels literally insane to me.
Examples
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"Well, he seemed pretty insistent, so I got the stuff for him."
Fiction book (1992) -
Is there any particular reason that you're so insistent?
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So you had to be very, very insistent to get through and understand what would happen.
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And you need to be insistent, but he said, or he asked rather, what can I do to improve?
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And she was very insistent that everyone joins in.
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They were very insistent that I leave.
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That's why he is so insistent on you making something of yourself.
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Negrin is insistent that resistance must continue at all costs.
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Intellectuals on the left have become, if anything, more insistent on a unitary vision of civic education.
Academic text (1998) -
No group is more insistent that these issues be solved democratically than the educators.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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5.1
Keeps going without stopping and stays very strong
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5.0
Being rude and trying too hard to make people do what you want
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6.8
Not willing to change one's mind even when others disagree
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4.4
Continuing with an action despite problems or opposition
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9.3
Demanding immediate action in a bossy way and allowing no refusal
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9.9
Annoying because someone keeps asking for something
Antonyms
How Insistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word insistent comes from Latin parts in- 'on' and sistere 'to stand', and is related to the English word stand. Imagine someone 'standing on' a point and not moving — that's why an insistent person keeps asking or demanding attention and does not accept 'no'.