Synonyms of begging

begging 1 of 3

adjective

as in insistent

Related Words

• insistent
• persistent
• importunate
• pleading
• soliciting
• prayerful
• suppliant
• beseeching
• imploring
• entreating
• supplicatory
• supplicating
• supplicant

begging

2 of 3

noun

as in pleading

Related Words

• pleading
• petition
• soliciting
• request
• appeal
• entreaty
• imploring
• supplication
• beseeching
• suit
• collect
• thanksgiving
• vespers
• invocation
• matins
• grace
• prayer
• evensong
• litany
• requiescat
• orison

begging

3 of 3

verb

present participle of beg

as in petitioning

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

she begged her husband to give up extreme skiing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• petitioning
• asking
• praying
• imploring
• beseeching
• entreating
• supplicating
• requiring
• appealing (to)
• requesting
• conjuring
• pleading (to)
• soliciting
• importuning
• besieging
• calling on
• impetrating
• invoking
• desiring
• forcing
• suing
• demanding
• insisting
• cadging
• coercing
• compelling
• sponging
• bludging
• claiming
• mooching
• commanding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggesting
• implying
• hinting
• intimating
• gratifying
• pleasing
• obliging
• satisfying
• appeasing
• pacifying
• comforting
• consoling
• conciliating
• placating
• contenting
• quieting
• mollifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of begging

Adjective

Violators can be punished with fines up to $500 and three months in jail under one anti-begging law and with fines starting at up to $100 and 10 days in jail under a law against soliciting contributions from people in cars. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026

Noun

But this time, his begging sounds like more than an empty come-on. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026

Certainly plenty of people after Baudelaire have also navigated this conundrum, with (for the most part) less opium use and Freudian begging. — Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025

After a little begging and pleading, the parent could not say no, and the PetSmart trip turned into the family welcoming home a cat. — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025

The world’s biggest deadbeat has passed the begging bowl again. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025

And a reminder that without the ability to strike, collective bargaining is just collective begging. — Tim Wright, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2025

Verb

Let’s hand out some position grades for a team that is begging for complementary football ahead of a matchup against the San Francisco 49ers next week. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2026

My body was begging me to rest, and my brain wouldn’t let it. — Alyssa Jaffee, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026

Any chaotic logistics were all worth it in service of the fans of the show, who have been begging for a musical moment since season one, given the serious Broadway star power in the core cast. — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026

Splintered Harmony ends with Elain tearfully begging Mor to take her on a last-ditch effort to sway Vallahan to ditch Koschei and their southern march, and Mor reluctantly agrees. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026

Fans have been begging Carey to free Someone’s Ugly Daughter from the archives for years, with the album currently existing only under the pseudonym Chick with Clarissa Dane on vocals instead of Mimi. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026

A couple of passing witches in distressed fish-nets aww-ed at the sight of the dog begging for the second half of his cone. — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026

So your group chat has been begging you to host the next big viewing night, and your bank account is giving you side-eye. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Paris Fashion Week’s street style ensembles have been living rent-free in my head, and my fall wardrobe is begging for a seasonal glow-up. — Vivien Lee, InStyle, 17 Oct. 2026