disapproval If you describe someone as importunate, you think they are annoying because they keep trying to get something from you. His secretary shielded him from importunate visitors. = troublesome. continuously asking for things in an annoying or unreasonable way
expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in her voice"