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importuning

/ɪmˈpɔːtʃuːnɪŋ/

/ɪmˈpɔrtʃunɪŋ/

Translations

importuningnoun

importunings

importunationSoutenu; désigne le fait d’importuner quelqu’un de manière insistante.

The importuning of the street vendors made it difficult for tourists to enjoy their walk.

L'importunation des vendeurs de rue rendait difficile la promenade des touristes.

Additional translations

sollicitation insistanteTourneure plus naturelle en français dans un contexte général.

Synonyms

importuninggerund / present participle

/ˌɪm.pɔːˈtjuː.nɪŋ/

/ˌɪm.pɔrˈtu.nɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe someone or something that is persistently requesting or demanding.

importunSoutenu; s’emploie surtout pour une personne qui insiste d’une manière agaçante.

The importuning salesman would not take no for an answer.

Le vendeur importun n'acceptait pas un refus.

Synonyms

importuneverb

importuning

Gerund

importuned

Past Simple

importuned

Past Participle

importuning

Gerund

/ɪmˈpɔːtʃuːn/

/ɪmˈpɔrtʃun/

importuner

He importuned his boss for a raise until he finally got one.

Il a importuné son patron pour obtenir une augmentation jusqu’à ce qu’il finisse par en avoir une.

Additional translations

importunerAu sens d’aborder ou de solliciter de façon déplacée, surtout dans un lieu public.

Synonyms

Definitions

importuningnoun

The act of persistently asking someone for something, often in an annoying or intrusive manner.

The importuning of the street vendors made it difficult for tourists to enjoy their walk.

importuninggerund / present participle

Persistently requesting or demanding; continually pressing with solicitations.

The importuning salesman would not take no for an answer.

importuneverb

To ask someone pressingly and persistently for or to do something.

He importuned his boss for a raise until he finally got one.

To accost or solicit (someone), especially for sexual purposes, in a public place.

He was fined for importuning strangers in the park.