What is another word for Importunacy?

Pronunciation: [ˌɪmpɔːtˈʌnəsi] (IPA)

Importunacy, meaning persistent and insistent demands or requests, can also be described using various other words. These include persistence, insistence, harassment, badgering, pestering, nagging, and hounding. Other synonyms include annoyance, irritability, and botheration. In some contexts, importunacy can be a positive quality such as in lobbying and persuasion while it can also be negative such as in begging and demanding. Choosing the right synonym for importunacy depends on the context in which it is being used and the intended meaning. It is important to use words that accurately convey the intended meaning to avoid miscommunication.

What are the hypernyms for Importunacy?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Importunacy

More than this, however, was needful to palliate even in Swift the brutal allusion to her Importunacy in "Gulliver," unless, as is but too possible, the passage in question be an outbreak of ferocious spleen against her victorious rival.
"The Function Of The Poet And Other Essays"
James Russell Lowell
This letter must have been written when Michelangelo was still working on the frescoes of the Cappella Paolina, and therefore before 1549. The check to his Importunacy, given with genial tact by the Marchioness, might be taken, by those who believe their liaison to have had a touch of passion in it, as an argument in favour of that view.
"The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti"
John Addington Symonds

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