exigent
[adjective]
Synonyms: pressing, burning, clamant, clamorous, crying, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, urgent, onerous, burdensome, demanding, exacting, grievous, oppressive, superincumbent, taxing, tough, weighty

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Related Words: acute, necessary, menacing, threatening

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ex‧i‧gent /ˈeksədʒənt, ˈeksɪdʒənt, ˈeɡzə-/ adjective formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: present participle of exigere; ⇒ exact²]

1. demanding a lot of attention from other people in a way that is unreasonable

2. an exigent situation is urgent, so that you must deal with it very quickly

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