insistent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite repetitive and persistent
    repetitive.
    • the bluejay's insistent cry
  2. adjective satellite demanding attention
    instant; clamant; crying; exigent.
    • clamant needs
    • a crying need
    • regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken
    • insistent hunger
    • an instant need

WordNet

In*sist"ent adjective
Etymology
L. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of insistere.
Definitions
  1. Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall. Sir H. Wotton.
  2. Insisting; persistent; persevering.
  3. (Zoöl.) See Incumbent.

Webster 1913