importunateadjective
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.tjə.nət/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.tʃə.nət/formalrepeatedly asking for something, in a forceful and annoying way:
an importunate beggar/crowd
An importunate request or question is repeated and forceful in an annoying way:
importunate demands
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Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- application
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- go over sb's head idiom
- hit
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- implore
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
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