insistent

insistent
    adj 1: repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry"
           [syn: {insistent}, {repetitive}]
    2: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
       "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"-
       H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn:
       {clamant}, {crying}, {exigent}, {insistent}, {instant}]
    

Insistent \In*sist"ent\, a. [L. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of
   insistere.]
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   1. Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.
      --Sir H. Wotton.
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   2. Insisting; persistent; persevering.
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   3. (Zool.) See {Incumbent}.
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110 Moby Thesaurus words for "insistent":
      acute, assertive, assiduous, burning, cajoling, clamant, clamorous,
      coaxing, compelling, constant, continuing, critical, crucial,
      crying, demanding, determined, diligent, dire, dogged, draining,
      dunning, emphatic, enduring, exacting, exigent, exorbitant,
      extortionate, faithful, firm, forceful, grasping, high-pressure,
      high-priority, immutable, imperative, imperious, importunate,
      inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, inexorable,
      instant, invincible, lasting, loud, loyal, nagging, never-tiring,
      obstinate, obtrusive, patient, patient as Job, permanent,
      perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious,
      pestering, pivotal, plaguing, plodding, plugging, preoccupied,
      pressing, rapt, relentless, resolute, resounding, sedulous,
      single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady,
      stubborn, taxing, teasing, tenacious, tireless, unabating,
      uncompromising, unconquerable, undaunted, undiscouraged,
      undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching,
      unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting,
      unremitting, unsleeping, unswerving, untiring, unwavering,
      unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, urgent,
      utterly attentive, weariless, wheedling