All importunate synonyms
im·por·tu·nate
I i adj importunate
- demanding — A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
- burning — You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
- clamant — noisy
- clamorous — If you describe people or their voices as clamorous, you mean they are talking loudly or shouting.
- crying — notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame)
- disturbing — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- dogged — doggoned; damned; confounded: Well, I'll be dogged!
- earnest — serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous: an earnest worker.
- imperative — imperative language
- instant — an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment: They arrived not an instant too soon.
- persevering — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- persistent — persistence
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pressing — urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
- solicitous — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
- urgent — compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
- harassing — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
adjective importunate
- unrelenting — not relenting; not yielding or swerving in determination or resolution, as of or from opinions, convictions, ambitions, ideals, etc.; inflexible: an unrelenting opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- annoying — Someone or something that is annoying makes you feel fairly angry and impatient.
- forceful — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- avid — You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.
- overeager — Excessively eager.
- insistent — earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.
- exigent — Pressing ; demanding.