insistent

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Synonyms: insistence, insisted, consistent, insipient, insistency, resistent, inexistent, insisting, insister

Antonyms: insistence, insisted, consistent, insipient, insistency, resistent, inexistent, insisting, insister

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Adjective

1. {{topics|en|Rest}} {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[stand|Standing]] or [[rest]]ing on something.
2. [[urgent|Urgent]] in [[dwell]]ing upon anything; [[persistent]] in urging or [[maintain]]ing.
3. [[extort|Extorting]] attention or [[notice]]; [[coercively]] [[stare|staring]] or [[prominent]]; [[vivid]]; [[intense]].
4. {{lb|en|ornithology}} Standing [[on end]]: specifically said of the [[hind]] [[toe]] of a bird when its [[base]] is [[insert]]ed so high on the [[shank]] that only its [[tip]] touches the ground: correlated with [[incumbent]].

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