Synonyms of beseeching

beseeching 1 of 3

adjective

bi-ˈsē-chiŋ 

as in prayerful

asking humbly

a beseeching letter from his parents asking him to bring the grandchildren for a long overdue visit

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

beseeching

2 of 3

noun

as in pleading

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

beseeching

3 of 3

verb

present participle of beseech

as in begging

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

parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of beseeching in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

This case has seen lot of what amounts to table-pounding by the defense, with a constant rat-a-tat-tat of motions, demands for discovery, followed by more beseeching requests. —Howard Blum, Washington Post, 26 June 2024

The same beseeching gaze gets complicated by a character like Dre—at once naïve and ruthless, in control yet entirely lost. —Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023