Meaning

(transitive) To bother, irritate, trouble..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To bother, irritate, trouble.
2. (transitive) To harass with persistent requests.
3. (transitive) To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To import; to signify.
5. (obsolete) Grievous, severe, exacting.
6. (obsolete) Inopportune; unseasonable.
7. (obsolete) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.
8. (obsolete) Synonym of importuner.

Example Sentences

To deliberate, be it but in slight matters, doth importune me.

But I will no longer importune my young cousin.

Gentlemen, importune me no farther, / For hovv I firmly am reſolu'd you knovv: / That is, not to beſtovv my yongeſt daughter, / Before I haue a husband for the elder: […]

You were kneel'd to, & importun'd otherwiſe / By all of vs; […]

[W]e have been obliged to hire Troops from ſeveral Princes of the Empire, whoſe Ministers and Reſidents here, have perpetually importuned the Court with unreaſonable Demands, under which our late Miniſters thought fit to be Paſſive.

It importunes death.

And therewithall he fiercely at him flew, / And with importune outrage him assayld [...].

And their importune fates all satisfide.

Word Forms

• importunes
• importuning
• importuned
• more importune
• most importune

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Use importune when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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