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imploring

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of imploring

asking humbly

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

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

begging, importunate, insistent, persistent

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