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What is the adjective for insists?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb insist which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

insistent
  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.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. determined, resolute, tenacious, persistent, dogged, unwavering, obstinate, firm, unrelenting, persevering, pertinacious, resolved, unyielding, relentless, unfaltering, adamant, decided, patient, assertive, perseverant, inexorable, forceful, emphatic, peremptory, urgent, exigent, pushful, burning, dire, reiterative, resounding, stubborn, steadfast, indefatigable, single-minded, purposeful, obdurate, intent, committed, immovable, set, unshakeable, staunch, unbending, intransigent, strong-willed, fixed, unswerving, uncompromising, dedicated … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Donegal, as a team, are still fairly insistent on passing the ball from one end of the field to the other, without it touching a boot.”
      “It was adjourned, amid insistent requests for an explanation from the premier.”
      “I was determined to ignore the insistent noise until Carol was roused from the couch to answer her telephone call.”
insisted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of insist
  2. Synonyms:
      3. asked, requested, demanded, required, appealed, bade, bid, implored, ordered, petitioned, proposed, urged, begged, pleaded, pled, requisitioned, stipulated, beseeched, besought, challenged, directed, entreated, exhorted, pestered, solicited, sought, commanded, craved, enjoined, expected, importuned, prayed, sued, supplicated, told, appealed to, applied to, called for, called on, insisted on, pleaded with, put in for, counted on, filed for, looked for, prest, pressed, pushed, put the screws on, put pressure on … more
insisting
  1. present participle of insist
  2. Synonyms:
      3. asserting, declaring, maintaining, claiming, stating, avowing, averring, affirming, contending, professing, alleging, avouching, proclaiming, purporting, asseverating, swearing, arguing, pronouncing, protesting, warranting, holding, vowing, announcing, propounding, pressing, emphasising, emphasizing, stressing, reiterating, repeating, representing, stipulating, attesting, guaranteeing, testifying, certifying, adducing, saying, advancing, laying down, upholding, predicating, moving, deposing, acknowledging, citing, vouching, opining, suggesting, postulating … more
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