importuning

English

Verb

importuning

1. present participle and gerund of importune

Noun

importuning (plural importunings)

1. The act by which somebody is importuned; pleading harassment.
   • 2001, Dana Stabenow, The Singing of the Dead, →ISBN, page 185:

     She should never have married him, never have yielded to his importunings, never have weakened in her determination to provide for herself and her son.

Anagrams

• unimporting