implored
Asked with urgency
Implored is the past tense of implore, meaning to beg or plead with urgent desperation.
The word carries more emotional weight than asked or requested—someone who implores is appealing earnestly, often from a position of vulnerability: She implored him to reconsider.
He implored the court for mercy.
Asked with desperate urgency
- entreatedPleaded with someone
- beggedAsked with great urgency
- supplicatedBegged humbly for something
- petitionedFormally asked for something
solicited · adjured · importuned · besought · prayed · exhorted · urged · invoked
Genuinely felt, not feigned
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- intenseExtreme in degree
earnest · zealous · ardent · genuine · profound · solemn · urgent · vehement
Wildly anxious or desperate
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- distressedSuffering emotional turmoil
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
fearful · helpless · despairing · urgent · distraught · tormented · stricken · forlorn
Spoke without full voice
- criedWept or shouted
- sobbedWept audibly and convulsively
- wailedCried out mournfully
- moanedEmitted a low wail
murmured · gasped · choked · stammered · faltered · tearfully · breathlessly · brokenly
Continuing despite difficulty
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- resoluteFixed in purpose
demanding · tenacious · dogged · steadfast · importunate · unrelenting · forceful · relentless
beseeched
Asked with desperate urgency
- entreatedPleaded with someone
- beggedAsked with great urgency
- supplicatedBegged humbly for something
petitioned · solicited · adjured · importuned · besought · prayed · exhorted · urged · invoked · craved
sincere
Genuinely felt, not feigned
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
intense · earnest · zealous · ardent · genuine · profound · solemn · urgent · vehement · wholehearted
frantic
Wildly anxious or desperate
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- distressedSuffering emotional turmoil
panicked · fearful · helpless · despairing · urgent · distraught · tormented · stricken · forlorn · anxious
whispered
Spoke without full voice
moaned · murmured · gasped · choked · stammered · faltered · tearfully · breathlessly · brokenly · tremulously
persistent
Continuing despite difficulty
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
resolute · demanding · tenacious · dogged · steadfast · importunate · unrelenting · forceful · relentless · unwavering