importunes

The word “importunes” has 3 syllables: im-por-tunes

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈpɔr.tʃuːnz/


What is synonym and antonym for importunes?

In the thesaurus, “importunes” has 30 synonyms and 17 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for importunes along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for importunes

  • asks
  • begs
  • beseeches
  • besieges
  • bludges
  • cadges
  • calls on
  • calls upon
  • claims
  • coerces
  • commands
  • compels
  • conjures
  • demands
  • desires
  • entreats
  • forces
  • impetrates
  • implores
  • insists
  • invokes
  • mooches
  • petitions
  • prays
  • requests
  • requires
  • solicits
  • sponges
  • sues
  • supplicates

Antonyms for importunes

Meanings of importunes

  • verb
    1. To bother, trouble, irritate.
    2. To harass with persistent requests.
    3. To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
    4. To import; to signify.

Example Sentences

  • She often importunes her friends for advice when facing difficult decisions.
  • The petitioner importunes the council for better community services.
  • He importunes his boss to consider his promotion request.
  • Despite repeated warnings, the salesman importunes potential customers aggressively.
  • The child importunes his parents for a pet every time they go to the store.

On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to importunes, such as: appeases, asks, begs, beseeches, besieges, bludges, cadges.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

cadges

  • asks
  • begs
  • beseeches
  • besieges
  • bludges
  • claims
  • coerces
  • commands
  • compels
  • conjures
  • demands
  • desires
  • entreats
  • forces
  • impetrates
  • implores
  • importunes
  • insists
  • invokes
  • mooches
  • petitions
  • prays
  • requests
  • requires
  • solicits
  • sponges
  • sues
  • supplicates

nags

cajoles

  • adulates
  • begs
  • beguiles
  • beseeches
  • blandishes
  • blarneys
  • butters up
  • charms
  • coaxes
  • cozens
  • entices
  • finagles
  • flatters
  • importunes
  • juggles
  • lures
  • massages
  • overpraises
  • palavers
  • seduces
  • soft-soaps
  • sweet-talks
  • tempts
  • urges
  • wangles
  • wheedles
  • wiles
  • woos

palavers

quests

  • adventure
  • asks
  • badgers
  • bespeaks
  • canvases
  • canvasses
  • chase
  • chases
  • claims
  • commands
  • crusade
  • delving
  • demands
  • desires
  • duns
  • enjoins
  • enterprise
  • exacts
  • examination
  • expedition
  • explorations
  • forages
  • harasses
  • hounds
  • hunt
  • hunts
  • importunes
  • imposes
  • inquest
  • inquiry
  • inquisition
  • investigation
  • invites
  • invokes
  • journey
  • looks for
  • looks up
  • mission
  • necessitates
  • needs
  • pilgrimage
  • prey
  • probe
  • probes
  • probing
  • pursual
  • pursues
  • pursuit
  • pursuits
  • quarry
  • reconnaissances
  • recons
  • requests
  • requires
  • requisitions
  • research
  • scouts
  • searches
  • seeking
  • seeks
  • shakedowns
  • solicits
  • surveys
  • sweeps
  • takes
  • urges
  • voyage
  • wants
  • warrants

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