Definitions for importunate

importunate im·por·tu·nate

Spelling: [im-pawr-chuh-nit]
IPA: /ɪmˈpɔr tʃə nɪt/

Importunate is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 1291 anagrams from letters in importunate (aeimnoprttu).

Definitions for importunate

adjective

  1. urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
  2. pertinacious, as solicitations or demands.
  3. troublesome; annoying:

Origin of importunate

1520-30; importune (adj.) + -ate1

Examples for importunate

Do not think me intrusive or importunate if I now call, dear sir, on you, to remember it!'

The sensations to which I allude, however, are of themselves   but too importunate.

My dear fellow, the A B C of your craft is to dismiss the importunate.

"It's too late now, Sonny," he said to the importunate child.

She prayed as they prayed to-night, so earnest, so importunate, so believing.

She choked upon an importunate sob and dug nails into the palms of her hands.

importunate seems to be used here in the sense of oppressive or overbearing.

What most annoyed the king at this time was the importunate demands of Lubeck.

It was all I could do to keep the importunate beasts at a distance.

His importunate correspondent had proposed to call for him in Newcastle that very day.

Word Value for importunate
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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