Thesaurus: importunate

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1. a. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity.
2. a. Hard to be borne; unendurable.
3. adj. persistent to the point of annoying
4. adj. expressing persistent and earnest entreaty
5. 1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity. Whewell. 2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] Donne. -- Im*por"tu*nate*ly, adv. -- Im*por"tu*nate*ness, n.
6. j:100 s. expressing earnest entreaty