About The Word Importunate
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Importunate
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What's The Definition Of Importunate?
[adj] expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in her voice"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Importunate: appealing | beseeching | imploring | pleading Related Terms | Find terms related to Importunate: aggravating | annoying | bothering | bothersome | cajoling | choiceless | clamant | clamorous | coaxing | compulsory | controlled | crying | demanding | disturbing | draining | dunning | exacting | exasperating | exigent | exorbitant | extortionate | firm-minded | forward | galling | grasping | harassing | imperative | importune | independent | insistent | instant | irking | irksome | irritating | loud | mandatory | nagging | necessary | necessitous | obligatory | persistent | pertinacious | pesky | pestering | pestiferous | pestilent | pestilential | plaguesome | plaguey | plaguing | pressing | provoking | pushy | self-asserting | self-assertive | self-controlled | self-expressive | self-possessed | self-restrained | strong-minded | strong-willed | taxing | teasing | tiresome | tormenting | troublesome | troubling | urgent | vexatious | vexing | wearisome | wheedling | without choice | worrisome | worrying See Also | Importunate In Webster's Dictionary \Im*por"tu*nate\, a. [See {Importune}.]
1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous;
overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an
impotunate petitioner, curiosity. --Whewell.
2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] --Donne. --
{Im*por"tu*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Im*por"tu*nate*ness}, n.
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