importunes
Pleads with urgently
To importune is to pester or harass someone with persistent requests or demands.
The word carries a sense of unwelcome urgency—the person being importuned feels pressured or annoyed: He importunes her daily for a loan.
The tone is formal and slightly literary; in casual speech, people would say nag or badger.
Asks humbly or desperately
- pleadsUrgently requests or beseeches
- pestersAnnoys persistently
- nagsPesters without ceasing
- badgersStriped burrowing mustelids
hounds · harasses · beseeches · entreats · solicits · presses · urges · prods
begs
Asks humbly or desperately
badgers · hounds · harasses · beseeches · entreats · solicits · presses · urges · prods · pushes
implores
Begs earnestly
- beseechesUrgently implores another
- appealsRequests for reconsideration
- petitionsFormal requests for action
requests · asks · prays · invokes · adjures · conjures · craves · solicits · sues · supplicates
woos
Pursues romantically
- courtsJudicial bodies or playing areas
- pursuesActively seeks out
- propositionsStatements asserted for consideration
advances · solicits · seduces · pressures · flatters · cajoles · chases · stalks · accosts · approaches
importunesbacks off
Withdraws from pressure
respects · defers · withdraws · leaves alone · acquiesces
importune, importunate, importunity, importuned, importuning