importune

Speech parts

1. importune - Adjective

2. importune - Verb

Meaning

To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.

To import; to signify.

To require; to demand.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

insist hector badger harry dun nag court press plague hound pester demand request desire appeal
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Antonyms

award give assistance decline answer contribution
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Hypernyms

pray implore beg

Hyponyms

besiege

Related terms

importunate

Derivatives

importuned importuning

Anagrams

entropium Petronium

Examples

I importune you to help them Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

importunately importunateness importunator importunee importunely importuner