Dictionary Entry
importune
importune is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses
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- 1adjective
To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
- 2adjective
To import; to signify.
- 3intransitive verb
To require; to demand.
- 4verb
beg persistently and urgently
"I importune you to help them"
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