entreatynoun [ C ]
uk/ɪnˈtriː.ti/us/ɪnˈtriː.t̬i/an attempt to persuade someone to do something:
She refused to become involved with him despite his passionate entreaties.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- application
- ask for sb
- beseech
- 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
- implore
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
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