Antonyms for imploring

Grammar : Verb

Spell : im-plawr, -plohr

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈplɔr, -ˈploʊr

Definition of imploring

Origin : c.1500, from Middle French implorer and directly from Latin implorare "call for help, beseech," originally "invoke with weeping," from assimilated form of in- "on, upon" (see in- (2)) + plorare "to weep, cry out." Related: Implored; imploring; imploringly.

verb beg

Example sentences :

The dog, lying by his side, seemed to look at me with sad, imploring eyes.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

They were tragic, those following, imploring eyes, but they were not wet.
Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley

"Give me your hand at parting," she said in an imploring tone.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Moore's had been imploring in its assertiveness, the desire to convince.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Olivia cast a most imploring look on her aunt, and was silent.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

She rose to her feet and stretched her arms with an imploring gesture.
Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray

The lame and the halt crowded around him, imploring him to save them.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy » by Florence Partello Stuart

She threw herself at my feet, imploring me to take care of her son.
Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

There was a mute, and at once imperious and imploring demand in his eyes.
Extract from : « Good Old Anna » by Marie Belloc Lowndes

Her voice and her look were so imploring that Andrea obeyed.
Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio

Synonyms for imploring

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