importune
Beg with persistence
To importune is to press someone persistently, often to the point of annoyance: He importuned her for a loan until she finally gave in.
The word suggests repeated, urgent requests that wear down resistance.
In legal contexts, importune can mean to solicit someone for prostitution or other illicit purposes.
Ask urgently or formally
- entreatPlead urgently with someone
- supplicateBeg earnestly and humbly
- imploreUrge with desperation
- beseechPlead urgently with someone
petition · solicit · appeal · request · adjure · invoke · pray · grovel
Force upon contact
- compelForce to act
- forceStrength or compulsion
- demandForceful request or requirement
- insistAssert with determination
strong-arm · browbeat · bully · intimidate · constrain · push · urge · railroad
Firmly demanding attention
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- doggedStubbornly persevering
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
tenacious · incessant · unceasing · repeated · constant · continual · obstinate · pressing
Invading others' privacy
- obtrusiveUnpleasantly prominent or noticeable
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
- impertinentRudely presumptuous
- forwardOnward in direction
pushy · officious · meddlesome · uninvited · unwanted · untimely · inappropriate · tactless
plead
Ask urgently or formally
- entreatPlead urgently with someone
- supplicateBeg earnestly and humbly
- imploreUrge with desperation
beseech · petition · solicit · appeal · request · adjure · invoke · pray · grovel · beg
pester
Annoy with persistence
bother · hassle · plague · torment · harry · beset · annoy · vex · persecute · harangue
pressure
Force upon contact
insist · strong-arm · browbeat · bully · intimidate · constrain · push · urge · railroad
insistent
Firmly demanding attention
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- doggedStubbornly persevering
persistent · tenacious · incessant · unceasing · repeated · constant · continual · obstinate · pressing · unwavering
intrusive
Invading others' privacy
- obtrusiveUnpleasantly prominent or noticeable
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
- impertinentRudely presumptuous
forward · pushy · officious · meddlesome · uninvited · unwanted · untimely · inappropriate · tactless · brash
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- encourageencourage, urge, cheer on, exhort, motivate
- houndhound, pester, badger, harass, hassle
importunate, importunity, importuned, importuning, importunes