please
Polite request word
Please is a word that makes requests polite: Please pass the salt, Could you please help me?
It softens commands into courteous asks.
As a verb, to please is to give satisfaction or pleasure: The gift pleased her, eager to please.
Please yourself means do what you want—often with a hint of exasperation.
If you please adds formality or, ironically, indignation: He arrived late and then, if you please, complained about the food.
Seek an answer
- requestFormal act of seeking
- entreatPlead urgently with someone
- imploreUrge with desperation
- beseechPlead urgently with someone
beg · petition · plead · appeal · urge · solicit · supplicate · importune
Intense pleasure or satisfaction
- gratifyGive satisfaction to
- satisfyMeet a need fully
- charmAttractive personal quality
- contentWhat something contains
gladden · thrill · amuse · entertain · enchant · captivate · tickle · indulge
Courteous, respectful conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- decorumFitting social conduct
- civilityFormal politeness in conduct
tact · consideration · propriety · graciousness · gentility · refinement · protocol · deference
Official release from punishment
Pleasantly cooperative
- accommodatingWilling to help others
- obligingWilling to help others
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- amenableWilling to comply
ingratiating · deferential · subservient · fawning · sycophantic · approval-seeking · servile · obsequious
ask
Seek an answer
beseech · beg · petition · plead · appeal · urge · solicit · supplicate · importune · invoke
delight
Intense pleasure or satisfaction
content · gladden · thrill · amuse · entertain · enchant · captivate · tickle · indulge · humor
politeness
Courteous, respectful conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- decorumFitting social conduct
civility · tact · consideration · propriety · graciousness · gentility · refinement · protocol · deference · respect
pardon
Official release from punishment
agreeable
Pleasantly cooperative
- accommodatingWilling to help others
- obligingWilling to help others
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
amenable · ingratiating · deferential · subservient · fawning · sycophantic · approval-seeking · servile · obsequious
pleasedissatisfy
Fail to content
frustrate · disappoint · deny · refuse · deprive
- my pleasureGracious response to gratitude
- please help meRequest for intervention
- pretty pleaseEmphatic polite request
- guilty pleasureEnjoyment tinged with shame
- oh pleaseDismissive exclamation of doubt
- pleased to meet youFormal greeting upon introduction
pleasure, pleasant, pleasing, pleased, unpleasant, displeased, pleasantly, displeasure, displeasing