🔄 Synonyms of "Importune"
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| Word | Definition |
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| insistverb | (sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it. |
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| Word | Definition |
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| insistverb | (sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it. |
| urgenoun | A strong desire; an itch to do something. |
| begverb | (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money. |
| entreatverb | (transitive) To ask earnestly or beg for (something, such as a benefit or favour). |
| botherverb | (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
| annoyverb | (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. |
| naggleverb | To niggle; to irritate or bother continually or repeatedly. |
| troublenoun | A distressing or dangerous situation. |
| hasslenoun | Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems. |
| get on someone's nervesverb | (idiomatic) To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone. |
| worrynoun | A strong feeling of anxiety. |
| gripenoun | A complaint, often a petty or trivial one. |
| botherateverb | (nonstandard, transitive, colloquial) To bother. |
| make a nuisance of oneselfverb | (idioms) To behave in an irritating way. |
| importunate | (of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so. |
| rub someone the wrong wayverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy. |
| bedevilverb | To harass or cause trouble for; to plague. |
| irritateverb | (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in. |
| harassverb | (specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period. |
| teasenoun | One who teases. |
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