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All importunate synonyms

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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.
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