Associations to the word «Insistent»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

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".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke