Insistent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Firm in asserting a demand or an opinion; unyielding.
  • adj. Demanding attention or a response: insistent hunger.
  • adj. Repetitive and persistent: the jay's insistent cry.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Standing or resting on something.
  • adj. Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
  • adj. Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
  • adj. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Standing or resting on something.
  • adj. Insisting; persistent; persevering.
  • adj. See Incumbent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Standing or resting on something.
  • Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
  • Hence Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
  • In 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. demanding attention
  • adj. repetitive and persistent
  • Equivalent
    imperative    continual   
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    incumbent   
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    urgent    persistent    shrill    loud    incessant    monotonous    steady    compel    imperious    penetrate