Mary said that Tom was too importunate, or something along those lines.
Source: tatoeba (4380626)
Importunate
//ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnət//
Synonyms for "importunate" (88 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- досаден adj (of a person)
- настойчив adj (of a demand, persistent or pressing)
- натрапчив adj (of a person)
- упорит adj (of a demand, persistent or pressing)
Catalan
2 entries- importú adj (of a demand, persistent or pressing)
- importú adj (of a person)
Finnish
3 entries- hellittämätön adj (of a demand, persistent or pressing)
- itsepintainen adj (of a demand, persistent or pressing)
- vaativainen adj (of a person)
Irish
1 entries- achainíoch adj (of a person)
Macedonian
4 entries- на́метлив adj (of a person)
- на́стојчив adj (of a demand, persistent or pressing)
- на́траплив adj (of a person)
- у́порен adj (of a demand, persistent or pressing)
Māori
3 entries- mānene adj (of a demand, persistent or pressing)
- tōwenewene adj (of a person)
- unene adj (of a demand, persistent or pressing)
Portuguese
1 entries- importunar verb (to obtain by importunity)
Russian
1 entries- настойчивый adj (of a demand, persistent or pressing)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- liosta adj (of a demand, persistent or pressing)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
With such words as these day by day, both the woman was importunate with the young man, and he refused the adultery.
Source: tatoeba (7876572)
Nick was on the point of declaring again that he was a humbug, so vivid was his inner sense of what he thought of his factitious public utterances, which had the cursed property of creating dreadful responsibilities and importunate credulities for him.
Source: wiktionary
Trembling in every limb I raise my loud importunate cry, And in a sacred terror wait the Delian god’s reply.
Source: wiktionary
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