beseeching
adjective
be·seech·ing bi-ˈsē-chiŋ 
bē-
: expressing or marked by earnest pleading or entreaty
The wretched young man arose, and with a last beseeching glance at us walked from the room.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle beseechingly adverb
The children wept, and Nana ran to him beseechingly, but he waved her back. J. M. Barrie
J. M. Barrie 
Synonyms
- entreating
- imploring
- pleading
- prayerful
- soliciting
- suppliant
- supplicant
- supplicating
- supplicatory
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Word History
First Known Use
1704, in the meaning defined above
beseeching 1 of 3
adjective
as in pleading
asking humbly a beseeching letter from his parents asking him to bring the grandchildren for a long overdue visit Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pleading
- prayerful
- imploring
- begging
- entreating
- supplicating
- suppliant
- soliciting
- supplicant
- persistent
- supplicatory
- insistent
- importunate
beseeching
2 of 3noun
as in imploring
Synonyms & Similar Words
- imploring
- pleading
- begging
- entreaty
- petition
- supplication
- soliciting
- appeal
- request
- thanksgiving
- vespers
- collect
- invocation
- suit
- matins
- prayer
- evensong
- grace
- litany
- requiescat
- orison
beseeching
3 of 3verb
as in begging
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church Synonyms & Similar Words
- begging
- petitioning
- imploring
- entreating
- asking
- praying
- supplicating
- importuning
- conjuring
- besieging
- soliciting
- requiring
- requesting
- calling on
- invoking
- appealing (to)
- impetrating
- pleading (to)
- calling upon
- desiring
- compelling
- cadging
- suing
- forcing
- insisting
- demanding
- coercing
- sponging
- mooching
- claiming
- bludging
- commanding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- suggesting
- intimating
- hinting
- implying
- obliging
- pleasing
- gratifying
- appeasing
- consoling
- placating
- conciliating
- pacifying
- satisfying
- comforting
- mollifying
- quieting
- contenting