importuneverb [ T ]
uk/ˌɪm.pɔːˈtʃuːn/us/ˌɪm.pɔːrˈtuːn/formalto make repeated, forceful requests for something, usually in a way that is annoying or causing slight problems:
As a tourist, you are importuned for money the moment you step outside your hotel.
to ask for sex with someone in return for payment:
He was arrested for importuning a young boy outside the station.
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Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoy
- burn
- give sb the shits idiom
- go too far idiom
- goat
- grate
- hack
- hack sb off
- nose
- ruffle
- ruffle sb's feathers idiom
- set sb's teeth on edge idiom
- step/tread on sb's toes idiom
- stick in sb's craw idiom
- tee
- toe
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