'Importune' definitions:
Definition of 'importune'
From: WordNet
verb
Beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them" [syn: importune, insist]
Definition of 'Importune'
From: GCIDE
- Importune \Im`por*tune"\ ([i^]m`p[o^]r*t[=u]n"), a. [F. importun, L. importunus; pref. im- not + a derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. meaning, hard of access. See Port harbor, and cf. Importunate.]
- 1. Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious solicitation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And their importune fates all satisfied. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Importune'
From: GCIDE
- Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Importuned ([i^]m`p[o^]r*t[=u]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Importuning.] [From Importune, a.: cf. F. importuner.]
- 1. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry. [1913 Webster]
- Their ministers and residents here have perpetually importuned the court with unreasonable demands. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] "It importunes death." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Importune'
From: GCIDE
- Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. i. To require; to demand. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'importune'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advocate,
- aggravating,
- annoying,
- appeal,
- apply pressure,
- approach,
- beg,
- beseech,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blandish,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- bug,
- buttonhole,
- cajole,
- call on,
- call upon,
- coax,
- crave,
- disturbing,
- dun,
- entreat,
- exasperating,
- exert pressure,
- exhort,
- galling,
- harassing,
- high-pressure,
- implore,
- importunate,
- insist,
- insist upon,
- invoke,
- irking,
- irksome,
- irritating,
- jawbone,
- lobby,
- make a pass,
- make advances,
- make an overture,
- nag,
- nag at,
- overture,
- pesky,
- pester,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- plague,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plaguing,
- plead,
- plead with,
- ply,
- pray,
- press,
- pressure,
- proposition,
- provoking,
- push,
- recommend,
- soft-soap,
- solicit,
- supplicate,
- sweet-talk,
- tease,
- teasing,
- throw a pass,
- tiresome,
- tormenting,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- urge,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- wearisome,
- wheedle,
- work on,
- worrisome,
- worrying