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beseeching

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of beseeching

asking humbly

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

entreating, imploring, pleading, prayerful, soliciting, suppliant, supplicant, supplicating, supplicatory
Words Related to beseeching

begging, importunate, insistent, persistent

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