Importune

/ɪmpɔɹˈtuːn/

Synonyms for "importune" (111 found)

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Closest matches (23)

advocate aggravating annoying appeal applyapply pressureapproach ask beg beseech beset besiege blandish bothering bothersome brace bug buttonhole cajole

Verb(4 words)

begged beseech beseeches besought

Strong matches (33)

call oncall uponcoax conjure crave desire disturbing dun entreat exasperatingexert pressureexhort galling harassing high-pressure hint implore importunate insistinsist upon

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instruct invoke irking irksome irritating jawbone lobbymake a pass

Verb(5 words)

dunned entreat implore implores insist

Related words (55)

make advancesmake an overturenagnag atoverture persecute persuade pesky pester pestering pestiferous pestilent pestilential petition plague plaguesome plaguey plaguing pleadplead with

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ply pray press pressure proposition provoking push recommend request scroungesoft soapsoft-soap solicit supplicatesweet talksweet-talk tease teasingthrow a passtiresome tormenting troublesome troubling urge vexatious vexing wearisome wheedlework onworrisome worrying

Noun(2 words)

panhandle panhandles

Verb(2 words)

press urge

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries

beg implore petition pray request

More specific

2 entries

beg plead

Collocations

6 entries

importune authoritiesimportune for attentionimportune for helpimportune for moneyimportune officialsimportune the panel

Inflections

3 entries

importuned importunes importuning

Derivations

3 entries

importunate importuner importunity

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They importune their parents for money.

Source: tatoeba (306391)

To deliberate, be it but in slight matters, doth importune me.

Source: wiktionary

But I will no longer importune my young cousin.

Source: wiktionary

Gentlemen, importune me no farther, / For hovv I firmly am reſolu'd you knovv: / That is, not to beſtovv my yongeſt daughter, / Before I haue a husband for the elder: […]

Source: wiktionary

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