Synonyms of entreating

entreating 1 of 2

adjective

as in pleading

asking humbly

it was hard to refuse such an amusingly entreating panhandler

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pleading
• prayerful
• begging
• soliciting
• suppliant
• imploring
• beseeching
• persistent
• supplicating
• supplicatory
• insistent
• supplicant
• importunate

entreating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of entreat

as in begging

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begging
• petitioning
• imploring
• beseeching
• asking
• praying
• supplicating
• conjuring
• importuning
• appealing (to)
• besieging
• calling upon
• soliciting
• requiring
• pleading (to)
• impetrating
• requesting
• invoking
• calling on
• desiring
• suing
• forcing
• insisting
• coercing
• compelling
• cadging
• demanding
• sponging
• claiming
• bludging
• mooching
• commanding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• implying
• suggesting
• intimating
• hinting
• obliging
• gratifying
• pleasing
• appeasing
• satisfying
• conciliating
• pacifying
• comforting
• consoling
• placating
• contenting
• mollifying
• quieting