Synonyms of beseech

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verb (1)

as in to beg

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

• beg
• petition
• implore
• pray
• entreat
• ask
• appeal (to)
• supplicate
• call upon
• plead (to)
• conjure
• importune
• require
• besiege
• solicit
• call on
• invoke
• request
• compel
• impetrate
• sue
• desire
• insist
• coerce
• cadge
• force
• demand
• bludge
• claim
• mooch
• sponge
• command

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggest
• imply
• please
• hint
• oblige
• satisfy
• appease
• gratify
• intimate
• placate
• conciliate
• pacify
• comfort
• quiet
• content
• mollify
• console

beseeching

2 of 4

adjective

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

3 of 4

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

4 of 4

verb (2)

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