entreating
Begging for something
Entreating is the present participle of entreat, meaning to plead with or beg someone earnestly.
When you entreat, you make a sincere, often emotional appeal for something you urgently want or need.
An entreating look or tone conveys desperation or deep sincerity.
She gave him an entreating glance, hoping he would reconsider.
The word carries more formality and gravity than simply asking—it suggests the stakes feel high to the person making the request.
Urgently requesting with emotion
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
- supplicatingAsking humbly, desperately
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
appealing · petitioning · soliciting · importuning · craving · adjuring · invoking · interceding
Address to deity
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
litany · benediction · prostration · kneeling · worship · prayerful · reverent · pious
Able to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- cogentClearly logical and convincing
influential · engaging · effective · rhetorical · silver-tongued · smooth-talking · winning over · coaxing
Genuinely felt, not feigned
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- genuineTruly what it claims
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
ardent · intense · profound · vehement · devoted · earnest · wholehearted · deeply felt
Requiring immediate attention
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- importunatePersistently demanding
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
relentless · forceful · demanding · emphatic · intense · dire · critical · imperative
imploring
Urgently requesting with emotion
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
- supplicatingAsking humbly, desperately
beseeching · appealing · petitioning · soliciting · importuning · craving · adjuring · invoking · interceding · exhorting
prayer
Address to deity
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- supplicationHumble plea for help
devotion · litany · benediction · prostration · kneeling · worship · prayerful · reverent · pious · meditative
convincing
Able to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
cogent · influential · engaging · effective · rhetorical · silver-tongued · smooth-talking · winning over · coaxing · urging
sincere
Genuinely felt, not feigned
passionate · ardent · intense · profound · vehement · devoted · earnest · wholehearted · deeply felt · impassioned
pressing
Requiring immediate attention
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- importunatePersistently demanding
persistent · relentless · forceful · demanding · emphatic · intense · dire · critical · imperative · unrelenting
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, urging, coaxing, influencing
- seeking helpcry for help, help wanted, asking, requesting, SOS
- pleadingpleading, begging, beseeching, imploring, supplicating
- contactingcalling, phoning, texting, emailing, messaging
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- turning toseeking, consulting, deferring, invoking, resorting
entreatingthreatening
Expressing intent to harm
bullying · coercing · intimidating · domineering · browbeating