importunateness
Definition
- Noun:
- The quality or state of being importunate; persistent and urgent solicitation or demand, often to the point of annoyance.
- Persistence in request: "importunateness" refers to the trait of making repeated, pressing, or bothersome appeals for something.
Usage Examples
- (Her persistent and annoying requests for a salary increase.)
- (The beggar's unrelenting and bothersome pleas for money.)
- (His constant and urgent demands for notice.)
Advanced Usage
"to display importunateness": to show persistent and troublesome urging.
- The salesman displayed importunateness by calling the customer daily. (He showed annoying persistence in trying to sell something.)
"importunateness of a request": the degree to which a demand is pressing and unwelcome.
- The importunateness of his loan request made his colleagues uneasy. (The urgent and bothersome nature of his request.)
Variants and Related Words
- Importunate (adj): making persistent or urgent requests.
- The importunate child kept asking for candy. (The child was annoyingly persistent.)
- Importune (verb): to ask for something urgently and persistently.
- He importuned his boss for a promotion. (He begged repeatedly.)
- Importunity (noun): persistent and urgent solicitation or demand.
- Her importunity finally wore him down. (Her constant pleading.)
Synonyms
- Persistence: the quality of continuing firmly in a course of action despite difficulty.
- Insistence: the fact of demanding something forcefully.
- Urgency: the quality of requiring immediate action or attention.
- Botheration: the act of causing annoyance or trouble.
Related Idioms
- To be a pest: to be an annoying and persistent person.
- His importunateness made him a real pest at the party. (He was bothersome and unrelenting.)
- To wear someone down: to overcome resistance through persistent effort.
- The importunateness of the salesman wore down the customer. (The persistent urging eventually succeeded.)