begs
Asks with desperation
Begs is the third-person singular form of beg, meaning to ask earnestly or humbly for something, often as charity: He begs for change on the corner.
When you beg someone to do something, you plead with them: She begged him to stay.
The phrase begs the question has two meanings that compete in usage: the older one refers to a logical fallacy of assuming what you're trying to prove; the newer, more common one simply means raises or invites the question: His absence begs the question of whether he's still committed.
Plead urgently with someone
- beseechPlead urgently with someone
- pleadAsk urgently or formally
- supplicateBeg earnestly and humbly
- appealFormal review request
pray · importune · adjure · conjure · exhort · invoke · urge · crave
Driven by urgent need
- franticWildly anxious or desperate
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
distress · anguish · panic · helpless · stricken · vulnerable · needy · destitute
Genuinely felt, not feigned
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- earnestSincerely intense in purpose
insistent · impassioned · devoted · ardent · zealous · intense · vehement · wholehearted
entreat
Plead urgently with someone
- beseechPlead urgently with someone
- pleadAsk urgently or formally
- supplicateBeg earnestly and humbly
appeal · pray · importune · adjure · conjure · exhort · invoke · urge · crave · petition
desperate
Driven by urgent need
crisis · distress · anguish · panic · helpless · stricken · vulnerable · needy · destitute · starving
sincere
Genuinely felt, not feigned
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
earnest · insistent · impassioned · devoted · ardent · zealous · intense · vehement · wholehearted · urgent
assumes
Accepts as true
- presupposesTakes for granted
- evadesAvoids by cunning
- sidestepsEvades by moving aside
avoids · circular · fallacy · rhetoric · logic · argument · reasoning · premise · dodges · skirts
- beg your pardonRequest for repetition
- I beg your pardonPolite request for repetition
- beg to differPolitely express disagreement
- beg for mercyPlead for compassionate treatment
- I beg youUrgent supplication phrase
- beg pardonRequest forgiveness or repetition
beg, begging, beggar, begged, beggars, beget, beggarly, beggary, begetter