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   In·sist·ent

   /inˈsist(ə)nt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. insisting or demanding something; not allowing refusal: "Tony's soft, insistent questioning" Similar persistentdeterminedadamantimportunatetenaciousunyieldingobstinatedoggedunrelentingunfalteringunwaveringinexorabledemandingurgentpressingemphaticdeterminedfirmassertivedecidedresoluteresolvedinformal:pushyrare:pushfulexigent
   • ▪ regular and repeated, and demanding attention: "a telephone started ringing, loud and insistent" Similar incessantconstantunremittingiterativerepeatedrepetitiveclamorousvociferousloudnoisyobtrusiveintrusive

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