entreaty
Heartfelt spoken petition
An entreaty is an earnest, often emotional request or plea.
The word carries more urgency than a simple request—someone making an entreaty is appealing for something they genuinely need or desire: Despite her entreaties, he refused to reconsider.
The plural entreaties often suggests repeated or multiple pleas: He ignored all entreaties to stay.
Humble plea for help
- appealFormal review request
- petitionFormal written appeal
- prayerAddress to deity
- implorationEarnest, urgent appeal
beseeching · solicitation · intercession · invocation · exhortation · adjuration · orison · pleading
Persuade by gentle urging
- urgeStrong inner drive
- appealFormal review request
- cajolePersuade through flattery
- wheedlePersuade through flattery
convince · sway · importune · prevail · influence · press · beseech · plead
Urgently requesting with emotion
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
heartfelt · intensity · persistence · urgency · insistence · importunate · dire · last-ditch
Spoken exchange between parties
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- parleyDiscussion between opposing sides
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
conciliation · arbitration · discussion · compromise · talks · conference · summit · petition
Requiring immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- immediateHappening without delay
- imperativeUnavoidably necessary
- exigentRequiring immediate attention
compelling · insistent · earnest · fervent · vehement · clamorous · adamant · importunate
supplication
Humble plea for help
imploration · beseeching · solicitation · intercession · invocation · exhortation · adjuration · orison · pleading · begging
coax
Persuade by gentle urging
wheedle · convince · sway · importune · prevail · influence · press · beseech · plead · supplicate
imploring
Urgently requesting with emotion
fervor · heartfelt · intensity · persistence · urgency · insistence · importunate · dire · last-ditch · frantic
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- parleyDiscussion between opposing sides
bargaining · conciliation · arbitration · discussion · compromise · talks · conference · summit · petition · overture
pressing
Requiring immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- immediateHappening without delay
- imperativeUnavoidably necessary
exigent · compelling · insistent · earnest · fervent · vehement · clamorous · adamant · importunate · time-sensitive
- askingquestion, inquiry, request, query, demand
- humble requestplease, beg, appeal, petition, supplication
- pleasplea, pleas, please, prayers, petitions
- promptsprompt, prompts, prompting, cue, hint
- invocationssummoning, calling, call, calling upon, conjuration
- solicitationsrequest, plea, appeal, solicitations, sales pitch
entreat, entreating, entreated, entreats, entreaties, entreatingly