imploreverb
uk/ɪmˈplɔːr/us/ɪmˈplɔːr/[ T + to infinitive ] to ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere, emotional, and determined way:
She implored her parents not to send her away to school.
[ T ] literary to ask for something in a sincere and emotional way:
She clasped her hands, and glancing upward, seemed to implore divine assistance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- application
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besiege
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- go over sb's head idiom
- hit
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
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imploring
adjective uk/ɪmˈplɔː.rɪŋ/us/ɪmˈplɔːr.ɪŋ/
He had an imploring look in his eyes.
imploringly
adverb uk/ɪmˈplɔː.rɪŋ.li/us/ɪmˈplɔːr.ɪŋ.li/