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pleading

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of pleading

asking humbly

  • a pleading husband seeking forgiveness once again from his long-suffering wife
Synonyms of pleading

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

begging, importunate, insistent, persistent

pleading

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of pleading

an earnest request

  • coldhearted tourists pointedly ignoring the pleadings of the city's many street urchins
Synonyms of pleading

adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty, petition, plea, prayer, solicitation, suit, suppliance, supplication
Words Related to pleading

application, requisition

call, claim, demand, insistence

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