Synonyms of imploring

imploring 1 of 3

adjective

as in prayerful

asking humbly

the imploring boy tearfully asked the veterinarian to do what he could to save the life of his dog

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

imploring

2 of 3

noun

as in pleading

Related Words

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

imploring

3 of 3

verb

present participle of implore

as in begging

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

the victims of the hurricane implored the governor to put the full resources of the state into the relief effort

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imploring

Noun

But Old Trafford’s direct imploring of him to stay beyond the end of the current season should leave them in no doubt. — Mark Critchley, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026

Verb

Page’s character Sinon is the soldier tasked with informing the Trojans that the Trojan Horse is a gift from the Greeks, imploring them to drag the giant statue into the city with Odysseus, Menelaus (Jon Bernthal) and more soldiers inside. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Once the players peeled themselves off the grass after the final whistle, Mauricio Pochettino rounded up the team on the field for one more speech, imploring the group to continue believing in the future. — Tom Bogert, New York Times, 15 July 2026

During its last review in 2023, more than 100 comments poured in, many imploring the agency to increase the benefit. — Spencer Norris, ProPublica, 9 July 2026

There’s no celebratory music pumping through the speakers after a touchdown imploring anyone to, well, fight for their right to party. — Sam McDowell July 3, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026

Then a casual dig through an estate sale bin morphs into obsession, resulting in making bids at auctions, combing through the recesses of eBay or imploring friends in politics to snag you a piece. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026

Martin could be removed as DNC chairman through a vote of no confidence, which would take two-thirds of the DNC membership base to pass, or by senior Democrats, such as House and Senate leadership, imploring him to step down. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026

Private citizens imploring a studio to forgo releasing a film could not be censors, because definitionally only the government is capable of censorship. — Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026

Harris spares audiences the bloody image, but the sound of the boy’s imploring shrieks is nevertheless haunting. — Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 16 May 2026