BEGGING Synonyms
There are 25 hypernyms of the word begging. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BEGGING
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| appealing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • able to attract interest or draw favorable attention • (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | ||||||||
| beseeching | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • begging | ||||||||
| imploring | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • begging | ||||||||
| pleading | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • begging noun • (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | ||||||||
| entreating | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
verb • ask for or request earnestly | ||||||||
| importuning | verbv | |||||||
verb • beg persistently and urgently | ||||||||
| soliciting | verbv | |||||||
verb • make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently • make amorous advances towards • approach with an offer of sexual favors • incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination • make a solicitation or petition for something desired | ||||||||
| supplicating | verbv | |||||||
verb • ask humbly (for something) • make a humble, earnest petition • ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer | ||||||||
| supplicate | verbv | |||||||
verb • ask humbly (for something) • make a humble, earnest petition • ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer | ||||||||
| implore | verbv | |||||||
verb • call upon in supplication; entreat | ||||||||
| pray | verbv | |||||||
verb • address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer • call upon in supplication; entreat | ||||||||
| solicit | verbv | |||||||
verb • make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently • make amorous advances towards • approach with an offer of sexual favors • incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination • make a solicitation or petition for something desired | ||||||||
| tap | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the sound made by a gentle blow • a gentle blow • a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask • a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing) • a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads • a plug for a bunghole in a cask • the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information • a light touch or stroke verb • cut a female screw thread with a tap • draw from or dip into to get something • strike lightly • draw from; make good use of • tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information • furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it • make light, repeated taps on a surface • walk with a tapping sound • dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes • draw (liquor) from a tap • pierce in order to draw a liquid from • make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently | ||||||||
