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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERINSISTENT

overinsistent  [ˌəʊvərɪnˈsɪstənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERINSISTENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overinsistent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERINSISTENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overinsistent in the English dictionary

The definition of overinsistent in the dictionary is excessively insistent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERINSISTENT


assistant
əˈsɪstənt
bullet-resistant
ˈbʊlɪtrɪˌzɪstənt
consistent
kənˈsɪstənt
distant
ˈdɪstənt
equidistant
ˌiːkwɪˈdɪstənt
existent
ɪɡˈzɪstənt
heat-resistant
ˌhiːtrɪˈzɪstənt
inconsistent
ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt
inexistant
ˌɪnɪɡˈzɪstənt
inexistent
ˌɪnɪɡˈzɪstənt
insistent
ɪnˈsɪstənt
nonexistent
ˌnɒnɪɡˈzɪstənt
nonpersistent
ˌnɒnpəˈsɪstənt
persistent
pəˈsɪstənt
Protestant
ˈprɒtɪstənt
radioresistant
ˌreɪdɪəʊrɪˈsɪstənt
resistant
rɪˈzɪstənt
rust-resistant
ˈrʌstrɪˌzɪstənt
subsistent
səbˈsɪstənt
wear-resistant
ˈwɛərɪˌzɪstənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERINSISTENT

overimaginative
overimpress
overimpressed
overindulge
overindulgence
overindulgent
overinflate
overinflation
overinform
overingenious
overingenuity
overinked
overinsurance
overinsure
overintense
overintensity
overinvestment
overissue
overissuing

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERINSISTENT

competent
content
discontent
distent
extent
incompetent
information content
intent
intermittent
latent
letters patent
ostent
patent
penitent
portent
potent
pre-existent
self-existent
stent
tent

Synonyms and antonyms of overinsistent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overinsistent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERINSISTENT

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The translations of overinsistent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overinsistent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overinsistent
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overinsistent
570 millions of speakers

English

overinsistent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overinsistent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overinsistent
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overinsistent
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overinsistent
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overinsistent
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overinsistent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overinsistent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overinsistent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overinsistent
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overinsistent
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overinsistent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overinsistent
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overinsistent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधोरेखित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overinsistent
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overinsistent
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overinsistent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overinsistent
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overinsistent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overinsistent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overinsistent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overinsistent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overinsistent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overinsistent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERINSISTENT»

The term «overinsistent» is used very little and occupies the 163.672 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERINSISTENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overinsistent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERINSISTENT»

Discover the use of overinsistent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overinsistent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Mission
But the filmmakers don't help matters by making the myth even more obvious while removing most of the detail that gave it bite, or by giving the story an overinsistent happy ending, complete with fireworks. This golden-hued kitsch is so wildly ...
2
Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of ...
And yet, Delany's at times overinsistent use of collaborative rhetoric raises questions about the avowed consensus. In the 6 February 1848 letter that praises the North Star, for example, Delany suddenly seems aware, in the course of attacking ...
Robert S. Levine, 1997
3
Angels and Earthly Creatures: Preaching, Performance, and ...
... 197); and Lee Patterson, “Chaucerian Confession: Penitential Literature and the Pardoner,” Medievalia et Humanistica, n.s., 7 (1976), in which he notes that the Pardoner is a little overinsistent on his single-minded pursuit of money (164).
Claire M. Waters, 2011
4
On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored: Psychoanalytic Essays ...
He disparages religious belief in a way that he has taught us to interpret; so we can ask a simple question: What is the doubt he is trying to stifle by his overinsistent critique? One of the doubts, I think, was that he was talking not only about ...
Adam Phillips, 1994
5
Twilight Zones: The Hidden Life of Cultural Images from ...
The implication here is that harassment is fueled by sexual or romantic desire and represents an inept, insensitive, overinsistent attempt at seduction. But Hill's description (and Angela Wright's, whose testimony never made the light of day) ...
Susan Bordo, 1997
6
Unadjusted Man in the Age of Overadjustment: Where History ...
As with "left" and "right," the partial discarding of such partly misleading phrases requires a rethinking that has only barely begun. For example, there needs to be a halt to an overinsistent contrast between capitalist materialism and Marxism.
7
Do the Movies Have a Future?
If there was something grindingly literal-minded and overinsistent about her, who could say that she ever ducked anything difficult? Who has half her courage now ? (Kate Winslet, definitely, and Charlize Theron, maybe, but she doesn't work ...
David Denby, 2013
8
The Mozart Conspiracy: A Novel
Especially the overinsistent camera hound he'd threatened to ditch in the Grand Canal. This was all something he'd have to adjust to. He wondered if he'd ever get to like opera. Maybe one day. For now, all he wanted was to see her on the ...
Scott Mariani, 2011
9
Charles Dickens and the Image of Women
There one discovers more adequate answers to the problems of being than the institutionalized religion, or the language art to which Leavis defers. Leavis is overinsistent about language, as if it were in itself a source of understanding of " life ...
David K. Holbrook, Sondra Myers, 1995
10
Historicism, Psychoanalysis, and Early Modern Culture
... Freud's well-known animosity toward religion, Phillips remarks that he " disparages religious belief in a way that he has taught us to interpret; so we can ask a simple question: What is the doubt he is trying to stifle by his overinsistent critique?
Carla Mazzio, Douglas Trevor, 2000

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERINSISTENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overinsistent is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Guards at the Taj, Atlantic Theater, New York — review
... actors, the play nonetheless comes across as rather overinsistent thematically with changes in tone that are too abrupt to register powerfully. «Financial Times, Jun 15»
2
The 2014 Oscars Live-Slog!
5:48 PM: No wait. Jim Carrey is only happy Bruce Dern is there so he can do his shitty, overinsistent Bruce Dern impersonation. He's a monster. «TheStranger.com, Mar 14»
3
Karlovy Vary Film Review: 'Killing Season'
... and waterfalls of Georgia are shown to their best advantage. Tech credits are pro, despite Christopher Young's grating, overinsistent score. «Variety, Jun 13»
4
Excitement From the Adler Fellows
The blend of Johnson's full, warm mezzo lows and Harris' light soprano highs was marred only by the overinsistent offstage male chorus. «San Francisco Classical Voice, Apr 13»
5
Post-40 Bloomers: The Stories of William Gay
... which we see mostly in passages where consciousness and the natural world layer together, as “overinsistent” and “self-conscious” (Charles ... «The Millions, Oct 11»
6
Innocuous Items Gone Creepily Wrong: Taking the Pulse of Art in …
... Gober's case) blends in all too well with the show's essentially Expressionistic, and overinsistent, way of saying “We are all damaged goods.”. «The New York Review of Books, Mar 10»
7
Opera review: 'Bonesetter's Daughter'
... extra layer of theatrical pageantry concocted by director Chen Shi-Zheng is a treat for the eyes, even when the visuals become overinsistent. «San Francisco Chronicle, Sep 08»

REFERENCE
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