pleading
Desperate emotional appeal
Pleading describes an urgent, emotional appeal—the tone of someone who desperately wants something: a pleading look, pleading eyes, She spoke in a pleading voice.
As a noun, a pleading is a formal written statement in a legal case, usually plural: The attorney filed the pleadings with the court.
To plead is to make such appeals, whether begging a friend or arguing before a judge.
Earnest desperate requesting
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
clamoring · needy · helpless · distraught · anguished · woeful · forlorn · wretched
Penetrating or very sharp
- painedExpressing suffering or displeasure
- pityingFeeling sorrow for another
- wideOf great breadth
- tearfulProne to weeping
searching · soulful · doe-eyed · watery · glistening · beseeching · imploring · puppy-dog
Legal dispute process
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- summonsFormal court notification
allegation · testimony · deposition · subpoena · brief · amicus · jurisprudence · appellate
Sincerely intense in purpose
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- persuasiveAble to convince others
emotive · emotional · intense · urgent · heartfelt · compelling · impassioned · plaintive
Formal written appeal
- appealFormal review request
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
- askingPosing questions
- prayerAddress to deity
proposal · bid · overture · application · submission · demand · call · urging
Judicial examination of claims
- juryLegal decision-making body
- judgeOne who decides
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
- witnessOne who attests
cross-examination · objection · bailiff · docket · evidence · deliberation · courtroom · prosecutor
begging
Earnest desperate requesting
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
supplication · clamoring · needy · helpless · distraught · anguished · woeful · forlorn · wretched · pitiful
piercing
Penetrating or very sharp
tearful · searching · soulful · doe-eyed · watery · glistening · beseeching · imploring · puppy-dog · hopeful
litigation
Legal dispute process
summons · allegation · testimony · deposition · subpoena · brief · amicus · jurisprudence · appellate · verdict
earnest
Sincerely intense in purpose
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
persuasive · emotive · emotional · intense · urgent · heartfelt · compelling · impassioned · plaintive · quavering
petition
Formal written appeal
- appealFormal review request
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
- askingPosing questions
prayer · proposal · bid · overture · application · submission · demand · call · urging · request
trial
Judicial examination of claims
witness · cross-examination · objection · bailiff · docket · evidence · deliberation · courtroom · prosecutor · dock
- askingquestion, inquiry, request, query, demand
- seeking helpcry for help, help wanted, asking, requesting, SOS
- submissionsubmission hold, submitting, surrendering, capitulation, yielding
- pleadingbegging, beseeching, imploring, entreating, supplicating
- legal systemattorney, landmark cases, criminal cases, lawyers, legal precedents
- annoying behaviorsnagging, pestering, bothering, irritating, aggravating
pleadingindifferent
Lacking interest or concern
apathetic · unconcerned · nonchalant · blasé · dispassionate
- pleading the FifthRefusing to testify constitutionally
- special pleadingDemanding unjustified exceptions