Synonyms for imploring
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : im-plawr, -plohr |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈplɔr, -ˈploʊr |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for imploring
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