importunate

• Beschreibt eine Person, die beharrlich und aufdringlich um etwas bittet; aufdringlich, lästig und fordernd im Verhalten.

Describes a person who persistently and annoyingly asks for something; urgent and pressing in manner.

1. Persistent in requestC2formal

   Making persistent and urgent requests or demands, often annoyingly so.

   Hartnäckig in Bitten

   • The importunate beggar followed her down the street.
   • His importunate pleas for a loan became tiresome.
   • She was importunate in her demands for a promotion.

   Synonymedemandingdoggedinsistentpersistentpertinaciouspressingtenacioustroublesomeunyieldingurgent

   Antonymediffidentmodestreservedreticentunassertiveunassuming