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- firmly saying that something is true or must be done: [ + that ] Pedro is absolutely insistent that Sinda should be invited too.
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/insistent
INSISTENT definition: 1. firmly saying that something must be true or done: 2. firmly saying that something must be true…. Learn more.
- English (US)
firmly saying that something must be true or done: insistent...
- Znaczenie Insistent, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
insistent definicja: 1. firmly saying that something must be...
- Insistent: Catalan Translation
insistent translate: insistent. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Insistent: Japanese Translation
insistent translate: （要求まどが）しつこい. Learn more in the...
- Insistent in Russian
INSISTENT translate: настойчивый . Learn more in the...
- Insistent in Arabic
insistent translate: مُصِرّ. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Portuguese Translation
INSISTENT translate: insistente, teimoso, insistente. Learn...
- Insistent in Simplified Chinese
INSISTENT translate: 坚持的；坚决要求的. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- English (US)
The meaning of INSISTENT is disposed to insist : persistent. How to use insistent in a sentence.
Insistent definition: earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.. See examples of INSISTENT used in a sentence.
Insistent means "unwilling to let go or back down." If a salesperson is insistent, you may find it hard to walk away without buying something. Insistent shares a root with the verb insist: the Latin word insistere, which means "persist, dwell upon, stand upon."
Synonyms for INSISTENT: persistent, resolute, stubborn, steadfast, relentless, tenacious, determined, dogged; Antonyms of INSISTENT: yielding, surrendering, hesitant, quitting, irresolute, faltering, false, wavering.
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.
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.
