Associations to the word «Insistent»

INSISTENT, adjective. (obsolete) Standing or resting on something.

INSISTENT, adjective. Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.

INSISTENT, adjective. Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.

INSISTENT, adjective. (ornithology) 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, adjective. Repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry".

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