urgent
- 1Needing immediate attention or action.
The hospital flagged her case as urgent and moved her to the front of the line.
An urgent email from the client arrived just before midnight, demanding a same-day reply.
Similarpressing
Oppositeroutine, unimportant, minor
- 2Of a person: pressing insistently and earnestly for something.
The mother grew urgent, gripping the nurse's arm and demanding answers.
His urgent whispers finally convinced them to leave the building before dawn.
Similarinsistent, earnest, pressing, persistent, desperate
Oppositecasual, relaxed, indifferent
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Origin
English borrowed "urgent" from Middle French urgent ("pressing, impelling"), which came from Latin urgēns, from urgēre ("to press"). It is related to the English word "urge."