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importune
[ im-pawr-toon, -tyoon, im-pawr-chuhn ]
verb (used with object)
- to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
Synonyms: solicit, supplicate, implore, entreat, beseech
- to make improper advances toward (a person).
- to beg for (something) urgently or persistently.
Synonyms: solicit, supplicate, implore, entreat, beseech
- Obsolete. to annoy.
- Obsolete. to press; impel.
verb (used without object)
- to make urgent or persistent solicitations.
Synonyms: plead
- to make improper advances toward another person.
adjective
importune
/ ɪmˈpɔːtjuːn /
verb
- to harass with persistent requests; demand of (someone) insistently
- to beg for persistently; request with insistence
- obsolete.
- to anger or annoy
- to force; impel
Derived Forms
- ˌimporˈtunity, noun
- imˈportuner, noun
Other Words From
- impor·tunely adverb
- impor·tuner noun
- unim·por·tuned adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of importune1
Word History and Origins
Origin of importune1
Example Sentences
I beg, plead, implore, importune: Get some spokespeople out there for the cause who are just regular Americans.
Perhaps some other way may be found, though it does not as yet occur to me, by means of which I need not importune you in future.
I would not importune the mighty prince, but rather Gripir's good counsel have.
But why importune readers with Emily's theory, when they have doubtless already guessed it in detail?
I believed your assertions, I yielded to your importune lies, and said I would name the day.
The others saw how it was and did not further importune him.
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