Definition of "insistent" in Anglais

adjective

1. (obsolete) Standing or resting on something.

2. Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.

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

4. (ornithology) 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.