exigent 音标拼音: ['ɛksɪdʒənt]
a . 紧急的,迫切的,苛求的
紧急的,迫切的,苛求的
exigent adj 1 :
demanding attention ; "
clamant needs "; "
a crying need ";
"
regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous "-
H .
L .
Mencken ; "
insistent hunger "; "
an instant need " [
synonym :
{
clamant }, {
crying }, {
exigent }, {
insistent }, {
instant }]
2 :
requiring precise accuracy ; "
an exacting job "; "
became more exigent over his pronunciation " [
synonym : {
exigent }, {
exacting }]
Exigent \
Ex `
i *
gent \,
a . [
L .
exigens , -
entis ,
p .
pr .
of exigere to drive out or forth ,
require ,
exact .
See {
Exact }.]
Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action ;
pressing ;
critical . "
At this exigent moment ." --
Burke .
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Exigent \
Ex "
i *
gent \,
n .
1 .
Exigency ;
pressing necessity ;
decisive moment . [
Obs .]
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Why do you cross me in this exigent ? --
Shak .
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2 . (
o .
Eng .
Law )
The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry . --
Abbott .
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95 Moby Thesaurus words for "
exigent ":
Spartan ,
Spartanic ,
accurate ,
acute ,
astringent ,
attentive ,
austere ,
authoritarian ,
burdensome ,
burning ,
charged ,
choiceless ,
clamant ,
clamorous ,
climacteric ,
close ,
compelling ,
compulsory ,
conscientious ,
correct ,
critical ,
crucial ,
crying ,
decisive ,
delicate ,
demanding ,
detailed ,
dour ,
draining ,
emergent ,
exact ,
exacting ,
exorbitant ,
exquisite ,
extortionate ,
fine ,
finical ,
finicking ,
finicky ,
fussy ,
grasping ,
grievous ,
grim ,
harsh ,
high -
pressure ,
high -
priority ,
imperative ,
imperious ,
importunate ,
insistent ,
instant ,
kairotic ,
loaded ,
loud ,
mandatory ,
menacing ,
meticulous ,
minute ,
narrow ,
necessary ,
necessitous ,
nice ,
obligatory ,
oppressive ,
particular ,
persistent ,
pertinacious ,
pivotal ,
precise ,
precisianistic ,
precisionistic ,
pregnant ,
pressing ,
punctilious ,
punctual ,
refined ,
religious ,
rigid ,
rigorous ,
rugged ,
scrupulous ,
scrutinizing ,
severe ,
stern ,
strict ,
stringent ,
subtle ,
superincumbent ,
taxing ,
threatening ,
tough ,
unsparing ,
urgent ,
weighty ,
without choice
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