Importune

Word IMPORTUNE
Character 9
Hyphenation im por tune
Pronunciations /ɪmpɔːˈtjuːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Importune"

What do we mean by importune?

To make an earnest request of (someone), especially insistently or repeatedly. intransitive verb

To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly. intransitive verb

To annoy; vex. intransitive verb

To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently. intransitive verb

Importunate. adjective

Unseasonable; inopportune; untimely.

Importunate.

An importunate person; one offensively persistent. noun

To press or harass with solicitation; ply or beset with unremitting petitions or demands; crave or require persistently.

To crave or require persistently; beg for urgently.

To annoy; irritate; molest.

A false use, by confusion with import. To import; signify; mean.

Synonyms Request, Beg, Tease (see ask); appeal to, plead with, beset, urge, plague, worry, press, dun.

To make requests or demands urgently and persistently.

Inopportune; unseasonable. adjective

Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious solicitation. adjective

To require; to demand. intransitive verb

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

To import; to signify. transitive verb

To bother, trouble, irritate.

To harass with persistent requests.

To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.

To import; to signify.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Importune

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The word "importune" in example sentences

WORDS ACCENTED ON THE LAST SYLLABLE: address _address'_ adept _adept'_ adult _adult'_ ally _ally'_ commandant _commandänt '(ä as in arm) _ contour _contour'_ dessert _dessert'_ dilate _dilate'_ excise _eksiz'_ finance _finance'_ grimace _grimace'_ importune _importune'_ occult _occult'_ pretence _pretence'_ research _research'_ robust _robust'_ romance _romance'_ tirade _tirade'_ ❋ Thomas Wood (N/A)

They simply want to scream racism and blather about the civil rights of non-citizens and see the law as an opportunity to importune for their point of view. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If it is “rude” and “insensitive” to importune people at the entrances and exits of buildings they really need to get into/out of, I have a serious beef with the local Girl Scouts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Usually, it is the girls who voluntarily provide service and even actively importune the customers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Michelle Dulak Thomson: If it is “rude” and “insensitive” to importune people at the entrances and exits of buildings they really need to get into/out of, I have a serious beef with the local Girl Scouts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now I need to send these out to people I mean to importune for blurbs ... ❋ Kylecassidy (2010)

  Someone must hold our table while I importune the insensitive clods who look over the shoulders of their chattering wives to see the scores of silly Boston "Bruins" and "Celtics". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rachel has written to Harriet but it will take so long before she can receive information from there that I must importune you again my love to --- our anxiety and in doing so I feel reluctance because I know your heart is so tenderly interested that it must experience pain from the idea of the --- danger. ❋ Jewish Women's Archive (2010)

In 1388 Richard II passed a statute requiring people to buy items necessary for the martial arts and to stop spending money on "casting stone, and other importune games." ❋ Reuven Brenner (2010)

Around the time ofLast Tango'srelease, waitstaff in restaurants began to importune customers by announcing their first names — the waitstaff's, that is, not the patrons. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“Twelve dollars per fish,” I importune, following him into his warehouse. ❋ Manny Howard (2010)

Cross Reference for Importune

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What does importune mean?

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