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- Dictionaryinsistent/ɪnˈsɪst(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. insisting on or demanding something; not allowing refusal: "Tony's soft, insistent questioning" Similar
- 2. continuing in a prolonged and demanding way: "a telephone started ringing, loud and insistent" Similar
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firmly saying that something must be true or done: insistent demands / appeals / signals. insistent that The teacher is insistent that the school is not to blame for the situation. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strong-willed. adamancy. adamantine. adamantly. aggressive. grittily. gutsily. gutsy. gutty. hard-boiled. pertinaciously.
Insistent definition: earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.. See examples of INSISTENT used in a sentence.
Someone who is insistent keeps insisting that a particular thing should be done or is the case. Stalin was insistent that the war would be won and lost in the machine shops. He is most insistent on this point.
The meaning of INSISTENT is disposed to insist : persistent. How to use insistent in a sentence.
firmly saying that something must be true or done: insistent demands / appeals / signals. insistent that The teacher is insistent that the school is not to blame for the situation. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strong-willed.
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·sis′tent·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
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