beseeching
Pleading with urgency
Beseeching means asking urgently or imploringly, with earnest pleading: She gave him a beseeching look.
The word suggests desperation or emotional vulnerability—someone beseeching isn't just requesting but appealing to another's compassion or mercy.
The verb beseech is literary and old-fashioned; beseeching survives mainly as an adjective describing eyes, glances, or tones.
Urgently requesting with emotion
- supplicatingAsking humbly, desperately
- entreatingUrgently asking for favor
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
- appealingPleasant and inviting
petitioning · soliciting · invoking · adjuring · praying · craving · importuning · requesting
Organs of sight
glance · plea · gesture · hands · face · outstretched · tearful · plaintive
Intensely and sincerely felt
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- sincereGenuinely felt, not feigned
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
intense · genuine · profound · devout · zealous · wholehearted · deeply · urgent
Humbly unassertive
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- respectfulShowing proper regard
- lowlyModest in status
self-effacing · modest · unassuming · gentle · docile · obsequious · prostrate · bowed
Wildly anxious or desperate
- distraughtDeeply agitated by grief
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- despairingCompletely without hope
- wretchedExtremely unhappy or unfortunate
hopeless · dire · distressed · agitated · yearning · pining · clamoring · fretful
Continuing despite difficulty
- importunatePersistently demanding
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- doggedStubbornly persevering
tenacious · pressing · clamorous · demanding · unwavering · steadfast · determined · unyielding
imploring
Urgently requesting with emotion
- supplicatingAsking humbly, desperately
- entreatingUrgently asking for favor
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
appealing · petitioning · soliciting · invoking · adjuring · praying · craving · importuning · requesting · conjuring
eyes
Organs of sight
voice · glance · plea · gesture · hands · face · outstretched · tearful · plaintive · mournful
fervent
Intensely and sincerely felt
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- sincereGenuinely felt, not feigned
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
passionate · intense · genuine · profound · devout · zealous · wholehearted · deeply · urgent · soulful
meek
Humbly unassertive
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- respectfulShowing proper regard
lowly · self-effacing · modest · unassuming · gentle · docile · obsequious · prostrate · bowed · kneeling
frantic
Wildly anxious or desperate
- distraughtDeeply agitated by grief
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- despairingCompletely without hope
wretched · hopeless · dire · distressed · agitated · yearning · pining · clamoring · fretful · anxious
persistent
Continuing despite difficulty
- importunatePersistently demanding
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
dogged · tenacious · pressing · clamorous · demanding · unwavering · steadfast · determined · unyielding · urgently
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, urging, coaxing, influencing
- askingquestion, inquiry, request, query, demand
- pleasplea, pleas, please, prayers, entreaty
- promptsprompt, prompts, prompting, cue, hint
- seeking helpcry for help, help wanted, asking, requesting, SOS
- invocationssummoning, calling, call, calling upon, conjuration
beseechingcommanding
Exerting strong authority
demanding · ordering · imperious · peremptory · authoritative
beseechingindifferent
Lacking interest or concern
dismissive · apathetic · unconcerned · lukewarm · tepid