importuning
Relentlessly requesting something
Importuning is persistent, often aggressive requesting or urging—pressing someone repeatedly until they yield.
The word carries connotations of unwelcome pressure: She grew tired of his importuning for a second chance.
In legal contexts, importuning specifically means soliciting someone for prostitution or sexual acts, particularly in public places.
Urgently pleading for something
- entreatingUrgently asking for favor
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- supplicatingAsking humbly, desperately
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
soliciting · petitioning · appealing · pleading · adjuring · invoking · craving · praying
Persistent unwanted attention
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
- houndingPersistently pursuing or pressuring
bothering · plaguing · besieging · annoying · vexing · troubling · pressing · intrusive
Firmly demanding attention
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- doggedStubbornly persevering
persistent · unwavering · obstinate · indefatigable · persevering · unflagging · adamant · stubborn
beseeching
Urgently pleading for something
- entreatingUrgently asking for favor
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- supplicatingAsking humbly, desperately
begging · soliciting · petitioning · appealing · pleading · adjuring · invoking · craving · praying · requesting
pestering
Persistent unwanted attention
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
hounding · bothering · plaguing · besieging · annoying · vexing · troubling · pressing · intrusive · unwelcome
insistent
Firmly demanding attention
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
dogged · persistent · unwavering · obstinate · indefatigable · persevering · unflagging · adamant · stubborn · unswerving
urgent
Needing immediate attention
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- franticWildly anxious or desperate
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
anguished · impassioned · distraught · yearning · needy · pressing · acute · critical · intense · anxious
- pleasplea, pleas, please, prayers, entreaty
- pleadingpleading, begging, beseeching, imploring, entreating
importuningbacking off
Ceasing to pursue
leaving alone · accepting · acquiescing · relenting · desisting
importuninghinting
Suggesting indirectly
inquiring · mentioning · proposing · inviting · gentle reminder
importuningignoring
Deliberately not noticing
leaving alone · abstaining · refraining · holding back · forbearing