Definitions for insistent

insistent in·sist·ent

Spelling: [in-sis-tuh nt]
IPA: /ɪnˈsɪs tənt/

Insistent is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in insistent (eiinnsstt).

Definitions for insistent

adjective

  1. earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.
  2. compelling attention or notice:

Origin of insistent

1615-25; Latin insistent- (stem of in-sistēns), present participle of insistere. See insist, -ent

Examples for insistent

But now it started off high pitched and insistent and did not stop.

I want her to grow up to feel confident and powerful about herself and insistent about the world around her.

The drumbeat and synth bass are as insistent as they are ominous.

Sidney had been insistent, and Harriet had topped the argument in her businesslike way.

It continued musically low, but there was in it the insistent note of sincerity.

But Hollande was “insistent,” she writes, and “his strength of persuasion was nuclear.”

The rule, which it must be said Taylor was insistent on, was that neither of us could spill or take a break.

It troubled him—the insistent feeling of the eyes which had been upon him.

He would not allow his other teammates access to the best equipment, but was insistent that every cyclist dope.

We form a habit of conquering as insistent as any other habit.

Word Value for insistent
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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