insisting

in-sist-ing · verb

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Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Demanding something forcefully; not accepting refusal.

  2. 2.

    Continuing to state firmly that something is true.

  3. 3.

    Persisting in an action despite opposition.

Related words

Antonyms: conceding, relenting, yielding
See also: insist, insisted, insistence
Synonyms: asserting, demanding, maintaining

Etymology

Present participle of insist, from Latin insistere ("to stand upon, persist"), from in- ("upon") + sistere ("to stand").