Definitions for Insistent
ɪnˈsɪs təntin·sis·tent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insistent, repetitiveadjective

   repetitive and persistent

   "the bluejay's insistent cry"

2. clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instantadjective

   demanding attention

   "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. insistentadjective

   Standing or resting on something.

2. insistentadjective

   Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.

3. insistentadjective

   Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.

4. insistentadjective

   Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.

5. Etymology: From insistens, participle of insisto.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insistentadjective

   Resting upon any thing.

   Etymology: insistens, Latin.

   The breadth of the substruction must be at least double to the insistent wall. Henry Wotton.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insistent

   Insistent refers to demanding something persistently or stubbornly without giving up, often in an annoying or intrusive manner. It can also refer to a continuous or repetitive emphasis on something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. Insistentadjective

   standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall

2. Insistentadjective

   insisting; persistent; persevering

3. Insistentadjective

   see Incumbent

4. Etymology: [L. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of insistere.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Insistent in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Insistent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Insistent in a Sentence

1. President Barack Obama:

   They're all representative of the strength and the unity and the love that exists in the community and in this community, despite the pain and the heartache that they're feeling, they could not have been more inspiring and more proud of their loved ones and more insistent that something good comes out of this tragedy.

2. Boris Johnson:

   One column a week was absorbing enough money to pay for what, five reporters ? the constant history of the Telegraph over the last 15 years has been cuts to editorial because the owners are insistent the company had to hit the profit target, And yet you've also got him sitting in the middle of your budget, this line item of £ 275,000 per year for one column a week.

3. Robert Collier:

   Very few persons, comparatively, know how to Desire with sufficient intensity. They do not know what it is to feel and manifest that intense, eager, longing, craving, insistent, demanding, ravenous Desire which is akin to the persistent, insistent, ardent, overwhelming desire of the drowning man for a breath of air; of the shipwrecked or desert-lost man for a drink of water; of the famished man for bread and meat

4. Pirkei Avot:

   The day is short, the task is great, the master is insistent. It is not your duty to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist from it…

5. Carlos Leon:

   My mom is very insistent on making me think about what I want to be known for beyond my looks, that’s not what I want people to remember me by. It’s not real.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Insistent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Insistent
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Insistent
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Insistent
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Insistent