insistent
/ɪnˈsɪstənt/
insistent adjective: standing or resting on something.
Adjective
insistent (comparative more insistent, superlative most insistent)
- Standing or resting on something.
- Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
- Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
- Hadadas roost in numbers among the trees in the leafier parts of Nairobi and their eponymous call is one of the more insistent elements of the dawn chorus in that part of the world, though they may be heard at any time of the day.2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 24
- 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.
insistent meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Odia
insistent in Tamil
- வற்புறுத்தும், நிலைத்த, விடாப்பிடியான, உறுதியான
insistent in Urdu
- اڑا ہوا, بضد, جما ہوا, قائم
insistent in Malayalam
- നിർബ്ബന്ധബുദ്ധിയോടുകൂടിയ, വിടാതെ, നിഷ്കർഷയുള്ള
insistent in Odia
- insistent
- ଧିଟ dhiṭa
Examples of insistent in a sentence
- The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent.
- There is no more purposeful, insistent and mind-alteringly beautiful thing than this heavenly signature.
- Only some insistent pleading (materteral rather than avuncular) had changed their mind.
Forms of insistent
| comparative | more insistent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most insistent |
Origin of insistent
From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.
Words formed from insistent
Questions about insistent
- What does insistent mean?
- Insistent means standing or resting on something.
- What is insistent in Tamil?
- Insistent in Tamil is வற்புறுத்தும், நிலைத்த, விடாப்பிடியான. See Insistent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is insistent?
- Insistent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce insistent?
- Insistent is pronounced /ɪnˈsɪstənt/.
Words near insistent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: insistent (page history and authors); insistent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insistent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insistent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଧିଟ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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