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Importune

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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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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.
urgenounA 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.
naggleverbTo niggle; to irritate or bother continually or repeatedly.
troublenounA distressing or dangerous situation.
hasslenounTrouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
get on someone's nervesverb(idiomatic) To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.
worrynounA strong feeling of anxiety.
gripenounA 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.
bedevilverbTo 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.
teasenounOne who teases.

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