importuning
verbHow many syllables in importuning?
There are 4 syllables in the word importuning.How to pronounce importuning:
Definition of importuning:
- importuning (verb):
- to harass with persistent requests
- to press or urge with troublesome persistence
Synonyms for importuning:
appealing (to)
asking
begging
beseeching
besieging
calling upon
conjuring
entreating
imploring
petitioning
pleading (to)
praying
requiring
soliciting
supplicating
Antonyms for importuning:
answer
command
demand
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- unconvincing
- physically
- monstrosity
- finality
- diaspora
- disbeliever
- demonstrator
- reoccurring
- numismatics
- insulator
- incorporate
- unworthiness
- inaudible
- calisthenic
- symbolising
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- nobility
- esprit de corps
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- maintainable
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