Crossword Dictionary
insistent
adjective
Earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.
synonyms
assertive, incessant, persistent, resolute, unrelenting, dogged
examples:
‘The few that remained were removed before the improvised singers’ insistent chorus.’
‘Her insistent perception — the real action of this novel — is her greatest skill and her riskiest vulnerability.’
‘Although some of her family members are still insistent against the vaccine, Crawford said, she is holding out hope that the Delta variant might be “scaring straight at least a few folks.â€â€™
‘It starts in the mouth, the initial pang of craving quite subtle and easy to ignore, but the signals get more insistent.’
RESOLUTE
resolute - a
firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith"
Synonyms
bent (on or upon), bound, decisive, determined, do-or-die, firm, hell-bent (on or upon), intent, out, purposeful, resolved, set, single-minded
Examples
She entered the room with resolute steps.
But he was not resolute in his opposition.
The look of his eyes was resolute, calm, and animatedly alert, as never before.
Etymology
early 15c., "dissolved, of loose structure," also "morally lax" (senses all obsolete), from Latin resolutus, past participle of resolvere "untie, unfasten, loose, loosen" (see resolve (v.)).