importuned
Asked with insistence
Importuned is the past tense of importune, meaning to pester or pressure someone persistently with requests or demands.
The word suggests unwanted, repeated appeals that border on harassment: She was importuned by creditors demanding payment.
In older or legal usage, to importune can mean to solicit someone for sex, particularly prostitution.
Annoyed with persistence
- badgeredPersistently pressured someone
- naggedComplained repeatedly at someone
- harassedPersistently tormented
- houndedPersistently pursued or pressured
plagued · bedeviled · goaded · prodded · bothered · hassled · dunned · beset
Urgent heartfelt request
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
urgency · desperation · demanding · unrelenting · pressing · insistence · tenacious · unyielding
Not wanted here
- meddlesomeProne to interfering
- obtrusiveUnpleasantly prominent or noticeable
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
- impertinentRudely presumptuous
forward · imposing · uninvited · encroaching · trespassing · intruding · overstepping · infringing
pestered
Annoyed with persistence
- badgeredPersistently pressured someone
- naggedComplained repeatedly at someone
- harassedPersistently tormented
hounded · plagued · bedeviled · goaded · prodded · bothered · hassled · dunned · beset · besieged
pleading
Urgent heartfelt request
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
solicitation · urgency · desperation · demanding · unrelenting · pressing · insistence · tenacious · unyielding · dogged
unwelcome
Not wanted here
- meddlesomeProne to interfering
- obtrusiveUnpleasantly prominent or noticeable
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
impertinent · forward · imposing · uninvited · encroaching · trespassing · intruding · overstepping · infringing · interloping
importunedhinted
Suggested without stating
left alone · mentioned · broached · proposed · let be
importunedheld back
Kept from advancing
kept quiet · forbore · abstained · yielded · acquiesced
importunedleft alone
Not interfered with
ignored · disregarded · neglected · avoided · let be
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