supplicated
Asked on knees
Supplicated is the past tense of supplicate, meaning to ask humbly and earnestly, often with an element of begging or pleading.
The word carries a formal or religious tone, suggesting someone petitioning a higher power or authority: She supplicated the gods for mercy.
Unlike simply asking or requesting, supplicating implies submission and desperate need.
Asked with desperate urgency
- imploredBegged earnestly
- pleadedAsked with urgency
- prayedMade spiritual petition
- entreatedPleaded with someone
invoked · petitioned · appealed · adjured · begged · interceded · invocation · orison
Religious reverence and praise
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- adorationProfound loving regard
- pietySincere religious devotion
humility · obeisance · prostration · deference · homage · awe · faithfulness · reverent
Merciful treatment of offenders
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- leniencyMildness in punishment
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- indulgenceYielding to desire
pardon · compassion · pity · reprieve · absolution · intercession · deliverance · succor
Intense mental suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- urgencyPressing need for action
dire · crisis · forlorn · desolate · woe · misery · frantic · hopeless
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- helplessUnable to act independently
- humbledReduced in status
- lowlyModest in status
meek · powerless · dependent · unprotected · weak · subordinate · needy · imploring
beseeched
Asked with desperate urgency
entreated · invoked · petitioned · appealed · adjured · begged · interceded · invocation · orison · litany
worship
Religious reverence and praise
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- adorationProfound loving regard
piety · humility · obeisance · prostration · deference · homage · awe · faithfulness · reverent · devout
clemency
Merciful treatment of offenders
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- leniencyMildness in punishment
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
indulgence · pardon · compassion · pity · reprieve · absolution · intercession · deliverance · succor · benevolence
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
urgency · dire · crisis · forlorn · desolate · woe · misery · frantic · hopeless · abandoned
exposed
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- helplessUnable to act independently
- humbledReduced in status
lowly · meek · powerless · dependent · unprotected · weak · subordinate · needy · imploring · beseeching
- grovelingfawned, kowtowed, prostrated, bootlicked, toadied
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