importunate
Relentlessly demanding attention
Importunate describes persistent, pressing demands that border on annoying.
An importunate person won't take no for an answer, continuing to ask or plead despite resistance: importunate creditors, importunate suitors.
The word suggests urgency that becomes burdensome to the person being pressured.
Literary and somewhat formal.
Refusing to let up
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- doggedStubbornly persevering
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
obstinate · pressing · unceasing · incessant · tireless · clamorous · nagging · badgering
Urgently pleading for something
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- entreatingUrgently asking for favor
- supplicatingAsking humbly, desperately
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
soliciting · petitioning · appealing · wheedling · cajoling · coaxing · earnest · fervent
Unpleasantly forceful in manner
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- forwardOnward in direction
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
- obtrusiveUnpleasantly prominent or noticeable
meddlesome · invasive · unwelcome · uninvited · tactless · brazen · bold · encroaching
Needing immediate attention
- imperativeUnavoidably necessary
- exigentRequiring immediate attention
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- peremptoryAdmitting no contradiction
forceful · adamant · high-pressure · coercive · aggressive · assertive · emphatic · vehement
unrelenting
Refusing to let up
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- doggedStubbornly persevering
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
persistent · obstinate · pressing · unceasing · incessant · tireless · clamorous · nagging · badgering · hounding
beseeching
Urgently pleading for something
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- entreatingUrgently asking for favor
- supplicatingAsking humbly, desperately
begging · soliciting · petitioning · appealing · wheedling · cajoling · coaxing · earnest · fervent · desperate
pushy
Unpleasantly forceful in manner
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- forwardOnward in direction
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
obtrusive · meddlesome · invasive · unwelcome · uninvited · tactless · brazen · bold · encroaching · imposing
urgent
Needing immediate attention
- imperativeUnavoidably necessary
- exigentRequiring immediate attention
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
peremptory · forceful · adamant · high-pressure · coercive · aggressive · assertive · emphatic · vehement · strident
importunateundemanding
Requiring minimal effort
acquiescent · accepting · yielding · deferential · compliant
importunatediffident
Lacking self-assurance
modest · retiring · self-effacing · unassuming · reserved
importunatenonurgent
Not requiring immediate attention
low-pressure · relaxed · laid-back · noncritical · unimportant
insistent, persisted, importune, importunity, importuned, importuning, importunes