ENTREATING Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

entreating 1 of 2

adjective

as in pleading

asking humbly it was hard to refuse such an amusingly entreating panhandler

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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

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In the first film, Evan Rachel Wood played Sally’s eldest daughter, but the actress revealed in 2025 that, despite entreating the production to hire her, she was not asked to return for the sequel. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026 This is a question mark of a movie, entreating us to trust in the spirit of the moment. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025

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Adjective

Tigua dancers of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo performed a prayerful ceremony traditional before a hunt.

— Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026
That’s the prayerful explanation for the nonsense that spouted this week from the leaders of a football conference that hopes to grow up and be the Big Ten someday.

— Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 29 May 2026

Definition of prayerful

Verb

Jurors heard a harrowing voicemail left by Johnson begging one of her friends for help as Williams butchered her, stabbing her five times in the chest and four times in her back.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
Aemond, still recovering from his mother’s poison, is mopier than usual, begging Alys to be left alone.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of begging

Verb

Oregon State’s players took the campaign a step further, petitioning state regulators for union representation and the right to bargain with their university.

— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Last month, California Coastkeeper Alliance and other nonprofit groups tried to expand the clean water protections statewide by petitioning six other regional water boards.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of petitioning

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