importunities
Relentless urgent requests
Importunities are persistent, often annoying requests or demands.
The word carries a sense of someone pressing you repeatedly for something, wearing down resistance through sheer persistence: She finally gave in to his importunities and agreed to the meeting.
The singular importunity is rarer but means the same—an urgent, pressing solicitation that won't take no for an answer.
Earnest, humble requests
- supplicationsHumble, earnest requests
- solicitationsFormal requests for something
- petitionsFormal requests for action
- appealsRequests for reconsideration
beseeching · imploring · begging · prayers · requests · pleas · adjurations · intercessions
Persistent bothering or complaining
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- pesteringPersistent unwanted attention
- houndingPersistently pursuing or pressuring
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
insistence · urgency · relentlessness · doggedness · tenacity · unrelenting · demanding · clamoring
Unfair demand on someone
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- oversteppingExceeding appropriate bounds
- meddlingIntrusive interference in others' concerns
interference · unwelcome · uninvited · obtrusion · trespass · inconvenience · infringement · prying
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- vexationFrustrated annoyance
- botherTo annoy or disturb
- nuisanceCause of aggravation
- aggravationState of being vexed
irritation · exasperation · trouble · hassle · disturbance · irksomeness · torment · provocation
entreaties
Earnest, humble requests
- supplicationsHumble, earnest requests
- solicitationsFormal requests for something
- petitionsFormal requests for action
appeals · beseeching · imploring · begging · prayers · requests · pleas · adjurations · intercessions · exhortations
nagging
Persistent bothering or complaining
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- pesteringPersistent unwanted attention
- houndingPersistently pursuing or pressuring
pressing · insistence · urgency · relentlessness · doggedness · tenacity · unrelenting · demanding · clamoring · dunning
imposition
Unfair demand on someone
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- oversteppingExceeding appropriate bounds
meddling · interference · unwelcome · uninvited · obtrusion · trespass · inconvenience · infringement · prying
harassment
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
aggravation · irritation · exasperation · trouble · hassle · disturbance · irksomeness · torment · provocation · wearying
importunitiesacquiescence
Unresisting acceptance
acceptance · resignation · forbearance · withdrawal · silence
importunitiessilence
Total lack of sound
restraint · self-sufficiency · independence · leaving alone · non-interference
opportunity, opportune, opportunist, inopportune, opportunistic, importune, opportunism, opportunely, importunate