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

Definitions

1. adjective. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
2. adjective. To import; to signify.
3. intransitive verb. To require; to demand.
4. verb. beg persistently and urgently

   "I importune you to help them"

   Synonyms: insist

Synonyms

insist

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in importune:

entropium

Common word forms

importuned, importuner, importunes, importunely, importuning, importunement

Words from these letters

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