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begging

verb , present participle of beg

Synonyms and Antonyms of begging

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

she begged her husband to give up extreme skiing

Synonyms of begging

appealing (to), beseeching, besieging, conjuring, entreating, impetrating, imploring, importuning, petitioning, pleading (to), praying, soliciting, supplicating

Words Related to begging

bludging [chiefly Australian & New Zealand], cadging, mooching, sponging

asking, desiring, invoking, requesting, suing

claiming, coercing, commanding, compelling, demanding, forcing, insisting, requiring

Phrases Synonymous with begging

calling on (or calling upon)

Near Antonyms of begging

hinting, implying, intimating, suggesting

appeasing, conciliating, gratifying, mollifying, obliging, pacifying, placating, pleasing, satisfying

comforting, consoling, contenting, quieting

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