Meaning

4 senses
  1. Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.

    настойчивыйnastojčivyj

  2. Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.

  3. 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.

  4. (obsolete)Standing or resting on something.

More definitions
  • repetitive and persistent
  • demanding attention

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Tom was quite insistent.

    ruТом был довольно настойчив.

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  2. Tom was very insistent.

    ruТом был очень настойчив.

    deTom war sehr beharrlich.

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  3. You were pretty insistent.

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  4. Tom was too insistent.

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  5. You're too insistent.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
urgent:

Origin

From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.

From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.

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Forms

more insistent, most insistent
Comparativemore insistent Lesson
Superlativemost insistent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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