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importunity
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of IMPORTUNITY
1
something that someone insists upon having <overwhelmed by the often conflicting importunities of pressure groups>
Related Words desire, request, want, wish; drive, need, requirement, stipulation; basic, essential, must; imposition; condition, provision
2
the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another <resented the importunity of those door-to-door Bible-thumpers>
Synonyms aggravation, bedevilment, botheration, bothering, bugging, disturbance, harassment, harrying, importunity, pestering, teasing, vexation
Related Words aggro [British], molestation, offense (or offence), persecution, provocation, torment, torture; devilment, devilry, mischief
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