Associations to the word «Insist»
Noun
- Staying
- Insisting
- Paying
- Refuse
- Entreaty
- Insistence
- Deni
- Observance
- Seeing
- Keeping
- Adherence
- Restitution
- Reparation
- Necessity
- Objection
- Calling
- Politeness
- Obedience
- Smiley
- Formality
- Treating
- Dinah
- Denial
- Refusal
- Reject
- Contrary
- Soviets
- Ladyship
- Lutheran
- Consent
- Innocence
- Spite
- Propriety
- Baptism
- Secrecy
- Precedent
- Kant
- Locke
- Bringing
- Deference
- Neutrality
- Impossibility
- Must
- Persuasion
- Belisarius
- Concession
- Orthodoxy
- Proponent
- Justification
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
INSIST, verb. (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
INSIST, verb. (sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done.
INSIST, verb. (obsolete) (chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
Dictionary definition
INSIST, verb. Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!".
INSIST, verb. Beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them".
INSIST, verb. Assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society".
Wise words
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you
love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You
have to get up in the morning and write something you love,
something to live for.