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importunity

[im-pawr-too-ni-tee, -tyoo-] / ˌɪm pɔrˈtu nɪ ti, -ˈtyu- /
NOUN
appeal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
application bid call claim demand overture petition plea proposal question suit
STRONG
address adjuration entreaty invocation prayer proposition recourse requisition solicitation submission supplication
WEAK
imploration
Antonyms
STRONGEST
answer reply
WEAK
denial disavowal disclaimer refusal retraction revocation ugliness
NOUN
demand
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appeal application call claim insistence interest need order requirement sale trade
STRONG
arrogation bid bidding charge clamor command counterclaim entreaty exaction imposition inquiry interrogation lien necessity occasion petition plea prayer pursuit requisition rush search solicitation stipulation suit supplication ultimatum vogue want
WEAK
call for entreatment impetration imploration
Antonyms
STRONG
answer reply retreat
WEAK
grant offer
NOUN
desire
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appeal hope wish
STRONG
entreaty petition solicitation supplication want
Antonyms
WEAK
answer antagonism aversion disgust dislike distaste hate hatred reply repulsion
NOUN
imploration
Synonyms
WEAK
address adjuration application bid call claim demand entreaty invocation overture petition plea prayer proposal proposition question recourse requisition solicitation submission suit supplication
NOUN
insistence
Synonyms
STRONGEST
emphasis persistence urging
STRONG
perseverance
NOUN
insistency
Synonyms
STRONG
emphasis perseverance persistence persistency pressing urging
Antonyms
STRONG
idleness indolence
NOUN
persistency
Synonyms
STRONG
emphasis insistency perseverance persistence urging
Antonyms
STRONG
idleness indolence
NOUN
urgency
Synonyms
STRONGEST
desperation necessity pressure seriousness
STRONG
criticality exigency imminence incitement insistence instancy need stress
Antonyms
STRONGEST
peace

Example Sentences

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Her looks and ability soon bring success and a suitor, a white, amiable young financier whose importunity will not hear honest Mimi's tragic secret.

From Time Magazine Archive

Is the almost whimsical Morrow importunity an ideal substitute for angry notes and troops along the border?

From Time Magazine Archive

Here the gentlemen interposed with earnest petitions to be further enlightened on these two last-named points; but they got only blushes, ejaculations, tremors, and titters, in return for their importunity.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Baudricourt, at first, made light of her application; but her importunity, and the ardor she expressed, at length excited him.

From A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion by Offen, Benjamin

I had worried Mr. Carte with ceaseless importunity.

From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.

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