buttonholer
Won't let go
A buttonholer is someone who corners you in conversation and won't let go—detaining you with persistent, often tedious talk: The office buttonholer trapped me for twenty minutes discussing his coin collection.
The image is of someone grabbing you by the buttonhole of your jacket.
A buttonholer is also a sewing machine attachment that makes buttonholes.
Approach someone boldly
- waylayIntercept to confront
- detainHold in custody
- trapDevice for catching animals
- cornerMeeting point of edges
ambush · intercept · collar · nab · catch · grab · snare · pounce
Firmly demanding attention
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- doggedStubbornly persevering
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
importunate · pushy · demanding · aggressive · overbearing · forceful · unrelenting · stubborn
Tiresome individual or drill
badger · harass · pester · bother · annoy · irritate · vex · plague
accost
Approach someone boldly
corner · ambush · intercept · collar · nab · catch · grab · snare · pounce · stop
insistent
Firmly demanding attention
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- doggedStubbornly persevering
persistent · importunate · pushy · demanding · aggressive · overbearing · forceful · unrelenting · stubborn · determined
bore
Tiresome individual or drill
hound · badger · harass · pester · bother · annoy · irritate · vex · plague · torment
chatterbox
One who talks incessantly
rambler · prattler · yakker · motor-mouth · blabber · gasbag · gossip · loudmouth · speechifier · pontificator
buttonholergood listener
listener · wallflower · introvert · sounding board · man of few words
buttonholerrecluse
One choosing isolation
hermit · avoider · loner · wallflower · shrinking violet
- buttonhole stitchLooped edge-reinforcing needlework
buttonhole, buttonholes, buttonholing, buttonholed, buttonholers