Synonyms: repetitive, insistent
Definition: repetitive and persistent
Usage: the bluejay's insistent cry
Similar words: continual
Definition: occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
Usage: the continual banging of the shutters
Synonyms: insistent, instant, clamant, crying, exigent
Definition: demanding attention
Usage: clamant needs; a crying need; regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken; insistent hunger; an instant need
Similar words: imperative
Definition: requiring attention or action
Usage: as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative; requests that grew more and more imperative