Exact Match:
- importunity
- insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
Related Words:
- aggravating,
- annoying,
- blandishment,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- buttonholing,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- cajoling,
- chafing,
- coaxing,
- demanding,
- disquieting,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- dunning,
- exasperating,
- fretting,
- galling,
- harassing,
- importunate,
- importunateness,
- importune,
- importunity,
- insistent,
- irking,
- irksome,
- irritating,
- nagging,
- pesky,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plying,
- pressing,
- pressure,
- provoking,
- teasing,
- tiresome,
- tormenting,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- upsetting,
- urgency,
- urgent,
- urging,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- wearisome,
- wheedling,
- worrisome,
- worrying
- exigency
collapse - a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency" related words >
- case of need,
- climacteric,
- clutch,
- compulsion,
- constraint,
- contingency,
- convergence of events,
- crisis,
- critical juncture,
- critical point,
- crossroads,
- crucial period,
- crunch,
- demandingness,
- dire necessity,
- drive,
- emergency,
- exigence,
- extremity,
- high pressure,
- hinge,
- immediacy,
- imperative,
- imperativeness,
- importunacy,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- impulse,
- impulsion,
- insistence,
- matter of necessity,
- pass,
- persistence,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- pinch,
- predicament,
- press,
- pressingness,
- pressure,
- push,
- rash impulse,
- rub,
- strait,
- stress,
- tension,
- turn,
- turning,
- turning point,
- urge,
- urgency,
- urgent need
- insistence
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- the act of insisting on something; "insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position"
- continual and persistent demands related words >
- abetment,
- application,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- bulldog tenacity,
- concentration,
- constancy,
- demandingness,
- diligence,
- dogged perseverance,
- doggedness,
- encouragement,
- endurance,
- engrossment,
- exigency,
- fidelity,
- goading,
- importunacy,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- indefatigability,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- insistency,
- instance,
- loyalty,
- needling,
- obstinacy,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- permanence,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- preoccupation,
- pressing,
- pressingness,
- pressure,
- pricking,
- prodding,
- relentlessness,
- resolution,
- sedulity,
- sedulousness,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of purpose,
- slogging,
- spurring,
- stability,
- stamina,
- staying power,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stubbornness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- tirelessness,
- unremittingness,
- unswerving attention,
- urgency,
- urging
- urgency
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- pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"
- an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"
- the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity related words >
- antecedence,
- antecedency,
- anteposition,
- anteriority,
- blandishment,
- buttonholing,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- case of need,
- clutch,
- coaxing,
- compulsion,
- constraint,
- crisis,
- crunch,
- demandingness,
- dire necessity,
- dominion,
- drive,
- dunning,
- emergency,
- exigence,
- exigency,
- extremity,
- front position,
- high pressure,
- immediacy,
- imperative,
- imperativeness,
- importance,
- importunacy,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- impulse,
- impulsion,
- insistence,
- matter of necessity,
- nagging,
- necessity,
- need,
- persistence,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- pestering,
- pinch,
- plaguing,
- plying,
- precedence,
- precedency,
- preceding,
- precession,
- precursor,
- predicament,
- preference,
- prefixation,
- prelude,
- press,
- pressing,
- pressingness,
- pressure,
- priority,
- prothesis,
- push,
- rash impulse,
- seriousness,
- stress,
- superiority,
- teasing,
- tension,
- the lead,
- top priority,
- urge,
- urgent need,
- urging,
- wheedling
- pressing
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- a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
- compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair" related words >
- abetment,
- actuating,
- acute,
- animating,
- blandishment,
- burning,
- buttonholing,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- causal,
- causative,
- clamant,
- clamorous,
- coactive,
- coaxing,
- compelling,
- compulsatory,
- compulsive,
- compulsory,
- concentration,
- constraining,
- critical,
- crucial,
- crying,
- decoction,
- demanding,
- directive,
- distillation,
- draining,
- driving,
- dunning,
- encouragement,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- exorbitant,
- expression,
- extortionate,
- goading,
- grasping,
- grave,
- high-pressure,
- high-priority,
- impelling,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- important,
- importunate,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- impulsive,
- inducive,
- infusion,
- insistence,
- insistent,
- instance,
- instant,
- irresistible,
- loud,
- major,
- momentous,
- motivating,
- motivational,
- motive,
- moving,
- nagging,
- needling,
- persistent,
- pertinacious,
- pestering,
- pivotal,
- plaguing,
- plying,
- portentous,
- pressure,
- pricking,
- prodding,
- profound,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- restraining,
- serious,
- significant,
- soaking,
- spurring,
- squeezing,
- steeping,
- taxing,
- teasing,
- urgency,
- urgent,
- urging,
- vital,
- wheedling
- adverse criticism,
- aggravating,
- animadversion,
- annoying,
- aspersion,
- bad notices,
- bad press,
- blandishment,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- buttonholing,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- cajoling,
- captiousness,
- carping,
- cavil,
- caviling,
- censoriousness,
- coaxing,
- criticism,
- demanding,
- disturbing,
- dunning,
- exasperating,
- exception,
- faultfinding,
- flak,
- galling,
- hairsplitting,
- harassing,
- hit,
- home thrust,
- hostile criticism,
- hypercriticalness,
- hypercriticism,
- importunate,
- importunateness,
- importune,
- importunity,
- imputation,
- insistent,
- irking,
- irksome,
- irritating,
- knock,
- nagging,
- niggle,
- niggling,
- nit,
- nit-picking,
- obloquy,
- overcriticalness,
- pesky,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- pettifogging,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plaguing,
- plying,
- pressing,
- pressure,
- priggishness,
- provoking,
- quibble,
- quibbling,
- rap,
- reflection,
- reproachfulness,
- slam,
- stricture,
- swipe,
- taking exception,
- teasing,
- tiresome,
- tormenting,
- trichoschistism,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- urgency,
- urgent,
- urging,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- wearisome,
- wheedling,
- worrisome,
- worrying
- adverse criticism,
- animadversion,
- aspersion,
- bad notices,
- bad press,
- blandishment,
- buttonholing,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- cajoling,
- captious,
- captiousness,
- carping,
- catty,
- cavil,
- caviling,
- censoriousness,
- chronic,
- coaxing,
- continual,
- continuous,
- critical,
- criticism,
- cynical,
- demanding,
- distressing,
- dunning,
- exception,
- faultfinding,
- flak,
- fretful,
- hairsplitting,
- haunting,
- hit,
- home thrust,
- hostile criticism,
- hypercritical,
- hypercriticalness,
- hypercriticism,
- importunate,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- imputation,
- indelible,
- insistent,
- knock,
- naggy,
- niggle,
- niggling,
- nit,
- nit-picking,
- obloquy,
- obsessive,
- overcritical,
- overcriticalness,
- peevish,
- persistent,
- pestering,
- pettifogging,
- pettish,
- petulant,
- plaguing,
- plying,
- pressing,
- pressure,
- priggishness,
- querulous,
- quibble,
- quibbling,
- rap,
- recurrent,
- recurring,
- reflection,
- relentless,
- reproachfulness,
- resentful,
- shrewish,
- slam,
- stricture,
- swipe,
- taking exception,
- teasing,
- trichoschistic,
- trichoschistism,
- ultracritical,
- unforgettable,
- unrelenting,
- urgency,
- urgent,
- urging,
- vixenish,
- vixenly,
- wheedling
- application,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- balkiness,
- bigotry,
- bulldog courage,
- bulldog tenacity,
- bullheadedness,
- concentration,
- constancy,
- demandingness,
- determination,
- diligence,
- dogged perseverance,
- doggedness,
- dogmatism,
- endurance,
- engrossment,
- exigency,
- fanaticism,
- fidelity,
- fixed mind,
- fortitude,
- gameness,
- gaminess,
- grittiness,
- hardheadedness,
- hardihood,
- hardiness,
- headstrongness,
- importunacy,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- indefatigability,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- inflexible will,
- insistence,
- insistency,
- intolerance,
- loyalty,
- mettlesomeness,
- mulishness,
- nerviness,
- obduracy,
- obstinacy,
- obstinateness,
- opinionatedness,
- overzealousness,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- permanence,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- pertinaciousness,
- pigheadedness,
- plodding,
- pluckiness,
- plugging,
- preoccupation,
- pressingness,
- pressure,
- relentlessness,
- resoluteness,
- resolution,
- restiveness,
- sedulity,
- sedulousness,
- self-will,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of purpose,
- slogging,
- spunkiness,
- stability,
- stamina,
- staying power,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stiff neck,
- stiff-neckedness,
- strongheadness,
- stubbornness,
- sulkiness,
- sullenness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- tirelessness,
- uncooperativeness,
- unregenerateness,
- unremittingness,
- unswerving attention,
- urgency,
- willfulness
- blandishment
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- the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
- flattery intended to persuade related words >
- adulation,
- agacerie,
- allure,
- allurement,
- appeal,
- artful endearments,
- attraction,
- attractiveness,
- beguilement,
- beguiling,
- bewitchery,
- bewitchment,
- blandishments,
- blarney,
- bunkum,
- buttonholing,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- captivation,
- caress,
- charisma,
- charm,
- charmingness,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- compliment,
- conning,
- dunning,
- enchantment,
- endearment,
- engagement,
- enlistment,
- enthrallment,
- enticement,
- entrapment,
- exhortation,
- eyewash,
- fair words,
- fascination,
- fawning,
- flattery,
- flirtation,
- forbidden fruit,
- glamour,
- grease,
- honeyed phrases,
- honeyed words,
- hortation,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- incense,
- inducement,
- interest,
- inveiglement,
- invitation,
- jawboning,
- lobbying,
- magnetism,
- nagging,
- oil,
- palaver,
- pat,
- persuasion,
- pestering,
- plaguing,
- plying,
- praise,
- preaching,
- preachment,
- pressing,
- pressure,
- pretty lies,
- sales talk,
- salesmanship,
- seducement,
- seduction,
- seductiveness,
- selling,
- sex appeal,
- snaring,
- snow job,
- soap,
- soft soap,
- soft words,
- solicitation,
- suasion,
- sweet nothings,
- sweet talk,
- sweet words,
- sycophancy,
- tantalization,
- teasing,
- temptation,
- urgency,
- urging,
- wheedling,
- winning ways,
- winsomeness,
- witchery,
- wooing,
- working on
- adulation,
- adulatory,
- allurement,
- bland,
- blandishing,
- blandishment,
- blarney,
- blarneying,
- bunkum,
- buttery,
- buttonholing,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- cajoling,
- coaxing,
- compliment,
- complimentary,
- conning,
- courtierly,
- courtly,
- demanding,
- dunning,
- engagement,
- enlistment,
- exhortation,
- exhortative,
- exhortatory,
- eyewash,
- fair words,
- fair-spoken,
- fawning,
- fine-spoken,
- flattering,
- flattery,
- fulsome,
- grease,
- gushing,
- honey-mouthed,
- honey-tongued,
- honeyed,
- honeyed phrases,
- honeyed words,
- hortation,
- hortative,
- hortatory,
- importunate,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- incense,
- inducement,
- insincere,
- insinuating,
- insistent,
- jawboning,
- lobbying,
- mealymouthed,
- nagging,
- obsequious,
- oil,
- oily,
- oily-tongued,
- palaver,
- persuading,
- persuasion,
- persuasive,
- pestering,
- plaguing,
- plying,
- praise,
- preaching,
- preachment,
- pressing,
- pressure,
- pretty lies,
- sales talk,
- salesmanship,
- selling,
- slimy,
- slobbery,
- smarmy,
- smooth,
- smooth-spoken,
- smooth-tongued,
- snow job,
- soap,
- soapy,
- soft soap,
- soft-soaping,
- solicitation,
- suasion,
- suasive,
- sweet nothings,
- sweet talk,
- sweet words,
- sycophancy,
- sycophantic,
- teasing,
- unctuous,
- urgency,
- urgent,
- urging,
- working on
- teasing
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- playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"
- arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her lazy teasing smile" related words >
- aggravating,
- alluring,
- annoying,
- appealing,
- appetizing,
- attractive,
- bantering,
- beguiling,
- bewitching,
- blandishing,
- blandishment,
- booing,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- buttonholing,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- cajoling,
- captivating,
- catcalling,
- catching,
- chaffing,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- coquettish,
- demanding,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- disappointing,
- disturbing,
- dunning,
- enchanting,
- engaging,
- enravishing,
- enthralling,
- enticing,
- entrancing,
- exasperating,
- exciting,
- exotic,
- falling short,
- fascinating,
- fetching,
- fleering,
- flippant,
- flirtatious,
- fooling,
- galling,
- glamorous,
- grinning,
- harassing,
- hazing,
- hissing,
- hooting,
- hypnotic,
- importunate,
- importunateness,
- importune,
- importunity,
- insistent,
- interesting,
- intriguing,
- inviting,
- irking,
- irksome,
- irresistible,
- irritating,
- jeering,
- jesting,
- joking,
- jollying,
- joshing,
- kidding,
- leering,
- mesmeric,
- mocking,
- mouth-watering,
- nagging,
- panning,
- pesky,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- piquant,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plaguing,
- plying,
- prepossessing,
- pressing,
- pressure,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- provoquant,
- quizzical,
- ragging,
- railing,
- rallying,
- ravishing,
- razzing,
- ribbing,
- ridiculing,
- roasting,
- scoffing,
- second best,
- seducing,
- seductive,
- siren,
- sirenic,
- smart,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- smirking,
- sneering,
- snickering,
- sniggering,
- snorting,
- spellbinding,
- spellful,
- taking,
- tantalizing,
- taunting,
- tempting,
- tickling,
- tiresome,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- tormenting,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- twitting,
- unsatisfactory,
- urgency,
- urgent,
- urging,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- wearisome,
- wheedling,
- winning,
- winsome,
- witching,
- worrisome,
- worrying
- abidingness,
- accordance,
- adhesiveness,
- age,
- antiquity,
- application,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- bulldog tenacity,
- bullheadedness,
- calm,
- changelessness,
- cohesiveness,
- commitment,
- concentration,
- consistency,
- consonance,
- constancy,
- continualness,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- continuity,
- correspondence,
- course,
- decidedness,
- decision,
- decisiveness,
- dedication,
- defeat of time,
- defiance of time,
- definiteness,
- demandingness,
- determinateness,
- determination,
- determinedness,
- devotion,
- diligence,
- diuturnity,
- dogged perseverance,
- doggedness,
- durability,
- durableness,
- duration,
- earnestness,
- endurance,
- engrossment,
- equability,
- equanimity,
- equilibrium,
- evenness,
- exigency,
- extension,
- fidelity,
- firmness,
- fixedness,
- frozenness,
- gluiness,
- glutinosity,
- grit,
- gumminess,
- hardening,
- homogeneity,
- immobility,
- immovability,
- immovableness,
- immutability,
- importunacy,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- indefatigability,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- insistence,
- insistency,
- invariability,
- invariableness,
- inveteracy,
- lastingness,
- lengthening,
- long standing,
- long-lastingness,
- long-livedness,
- longevity,
- loyalty,
- maintenance,
- monolithism,
- obduracy,
- obstinacy,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- perdurability,
- perennation,
- permanence,
- permanency,
- perpetualness,
- perpetuation,
- perpetuity,
- perseverance,
- persistency,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- plodding,
- pluck,
- plugging,
- preoccupation,
- pressingness,
- pressure,
- progress,
- progression,
- prolongation,
- protraction,
- purpose,
- purposefulness,
- pursuance,
- quiescence,
- relentlessness,
- repetition,
- resoluteness,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- resolvedness,
- retention,
- rigidity,
- run,
- sedulity,
- sedulousness,
- self-will,
- seriousness,
- sincerity,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of purpose,
- slogging,
- snugness,
- solidity,
- stability,
- stamina,
- standing,
- stasis,
- staying power,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stickiness,
- straight course,
- stubbornness,
- survival,
- survivance,
- sustained action,
- sustenance,
- tackiness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- tightness,
- tirelessness,
- torpor,
- total commitment,
- toughness,
- unchangeability,
- unchangingness,
- uniformity,
- uninterrupted course,
- unity,
- unremittingness,
- unruffledness,
- unswerving attention,
- urgency,
- viscidity,
- viscosity,
- way,
- will
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