ADJECTIVE | all | exigent, clamant, crying, insistent, instant | demanding attention |
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all | exigent, exacting | requiring precise accuracy |
Sounds | eh'ksihjhahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | demanding attention. | |
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Example | "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken | |
Synonyms | clamant, crying, insistent, instant | |
Broader | imperative | requiring attention or action |
Spanish | apremiante, inaplazable, insistente, perentorio, urgente | |
Catalan | apressant, exigent, inaplaçable, insistent, peremptori, urgent | |
Nouns | exigency | a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action |
exigency | a pressing or urgent situation |
Meaning | requiring precise accuracy. | |
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Example | "became more exigent over his pronunciation" | |
Synonym | exacting | |
Broader | demanding | requiring more than usually expected or thought due |
Spanish | exigente |
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