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beseeching

ADJECTIVE
appealing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
engaging tempting
STRONG
emanate entrancing entreating imploring pleading present supplicating
WEAK
agreeable cute lovable nice
Antonyms
STRONGEST
repulsive
ADJECTIVE
piteous
Synonyms
WEAK
commiserable deplorable distressing doleful dolorous entreating grievous heart-wrenching heartbreaking heartrending imploring lamentable melancholy mournful moving pitiable pitiful plaintive poignant poor rueful ruined sad sorrowful supplicating woeful wretched
Antonyms
WEAK
cheerful happy
ADJECTIVE
pleading
Synonyms
STRONG
begging supplicating
WEAK
desirous
NOUN
exhortation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
admonition encouragement entreaty sermon
STRONG
advice bidding caution counsel goading incitement instigation lecture persuasion preaching
WEAK
enjoinder
NOUN
invocation
Synonyms
STRONG
abracadabra appeal calling command conjuration entreaty hocus-pocus hoodoo petition rune summons supplication voodoo
WEAK
mumbo jumbo
Antonyms
STRONG
revocation
NOUN
orison
Synonyms
STRONG
appeal application begging benediction collect communion devotion entreaty grace imprecation invocation litany petition plea pleading request rogation service suit supplication worship
WEAK
answer adoration imploration imploring request for help
Antonyms
STRONG
answer demand reply
NOUN
prayer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appeal invocation plea service worship
STRONG
application begging benediction communion devotion entreaty grace imprecation litany orison petition pleading request rogation suit supplication
WEAK
answer adoration imploration imploring request for help
Antonyms
STRONG
demand
NOUN
urging
Synonyms
STRONGEST
insistence
STRONG
begging coaxing driving goad imploring persuasion pleading
Antonyms
STRONG
discouragement

Example Sentences

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Little wonder the local community is beseeching the heavens for rain.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

We passed multiple radar speed signs, declaiming mph numbers, beseeching drivers to slow down.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

Business and union leaders joined in publicly and privately, beseeching him not to go down this idiotic road.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

He opened the forum by beseeching the candidates to "raise the bar" — and by comparison to Trump, they managed to do that.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2023

It was mean of me to treat her that way, and now she was looking at me, oh so helplessly, with her pale face and beseeching eyes.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank