importunity
Tiresome repeated requests
Importunity is persistent, often annoying insistence or demand.
The word describes pressing requests that won't relent: She finally gave in to his importunity and agreed to meet.
It suggests urgency bordering on harassment—the quality of being importunate.
The word is formal and somewhat old-fashioned, appearing mainly in literary or legal contexts.
Earnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
solicitation · insistence · nagging · coaxing · badgering · demanding · unrelenting · dogged
Persistent unwanted attention
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- botheringCausing irritation repeatedly
- houndingPersistently pursuing or pressuring
- vexationFrustrated annoyance
irritation · nuisance · troublesome · irksome · meddlesome · intrusive · unwelcome · obtrusive
One who humbly entreats
- petitionerOne who formally requests
- mendicantOne who begs
- panhandlingSoliciting money from strangers
- solicitingActively seeking responses
appealing · imploration · adjuration · prayer · suit · request · petition · plea
entreaty
Earnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
imploring · solicitation · insistence · nagging · coaxing · badgering · demanding · unrelenting · dogged · tenacious
pestering
Persistent unwanted attention
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- botheringCausing irritation repeatedly
- houndingPersistently pursuing or pressuring
vexation · irritation · nuisance · troublesome · irksome · meddlesome · intrusive · unwelcome · obtrusive · imposition
supplicant
One who humbly entreats
- petitionerOne who formally requests
- mendicantOne who begs
- panhandlingSoliciting money from strangers
soliciting · appealing · imploration · adjuration · prayer · suit · request · petition · plea
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- persistence wordspersistence, stubbornness, tenacity, determination, doggedness
importunityrestraint
Control over impulses
forbearance · reticence · diffidence · self-restraint · reserve
importunitygrant
Bestow or award money
granting · answer · satisfaction · fulfillment · compliance
importunityacquiescence
Unresisting acceptance
acceptance · resignation · yielding · compliance · capitulation