Synonyms of supplicating

supplicating 1 of 2

adjective

as in prayerful

asking humbly

in a supplicating gesture, he got down on his knees and asked, "Will you marry me?"

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

supplicating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of supplicate

as in begging

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

the minister reminded his flock that God is a being to be obeyed and worshipped always and not just someone to be supplicated in times of trouble

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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