Importunate \Im*por"tu*nate\ ([i^]m*p[^o]r"t[-u]*n[asl]t), a.
[See Importune.]
1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous;
overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an
importunate petitioner, curiosity. --Whewell.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] --Donne. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
importunate
adj : expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened
look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand
for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in
her voice" [syn: appealing, imploring, pleading]
WordNet (r) 2.0
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "importunate":
aggravating, annoying, bothering, bothersome, cajoling, choiceless,
clamant, clamorous, coaxing, compulsory, controlled, crying,
demanding, disturbing, draining, dunning, exacting, exasperating,
exigent, exorbitant, extortionate, firm-minded, forward, galling,
grasping, harassing, imperative, importune, independent, insistent,
instant, irking, irksome, irritating, loud, mandatory, nagging,
necessary, necessitous, obligatory, persistent, pertinacious,
pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome,
plaguey, plaguing, pressing, provoking, pushy, self-asserting,
self-assertive, self-controlled, self-expressive, self-possessed,
self-restrained, strong-minded, strong-willed, taxing, teasing,
tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, urgent, vexatious,
vexing, wearisome, wheedling, without choice, worrisome,
worrying
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
appealing, imploring, pleading
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