English Explanatory Dictionary

importune

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To bother, irritate, trouble.
  2. To harass with persistent requests.
  3. To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
  4. To import; to signify.
adj
  1. Grievous, severe, exacting.
  2. Inopportune; unseasonable.
  3. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.
noun
  1. Synonym of importuner.

Pronunciation

/ɪmpɔːˈtjuːn/ /ɪmˈpɔːtjuːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-importune.wav /ɪmpɔɹˈtuːn/

Word forms

importune importunes importuning importuned more importune most importune

Etymology

From Middle French importuner and its etymon Medieval Latin importūnor (“to make oneself troublesome”), from Latin importūnus (“unfit, troublesome”), originally "having no harbor".

Synonyms

importuner

Related words

importunity importunate

Derived words

importunable reimportune unimportuned importunely
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