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insistent definition
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Overview of adj insistent The adj insistent has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) insistent, repetitive -- (persistently continual; "the bluejay's insistent cry") 2. (1) clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant -- (demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need") Antonyms of adj insistent 2 senses of insistent Sense 1 insistent, repetitive INDIRECT (VIA continual) -> sporadic Sense 2 clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant INDIRECT (VIA imperative) -> beseeching Similarity of adj insistent 2 senses of insistent Sense 1 insistent, repetitive => continual (vs. sporadic) Sense 2 clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant => imperative (vs. beseeching) Attributes of adj insistent Familiarity of adj insistent insistent used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj insistent insistent Overview of adj insistent The adj insistent has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) insistent, repetitive -- (persistently continual; "the bluejay's insistent cry") 2. (1) clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant -- (demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need")
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