supplicating
Asking on knees
Supplicating means humbly asking or begging, especially from someone in power or from a deity.
The posture is one of submission—on one's knees, hands clasped, head bowed: supplicating before the altar, supplicating the king for mercy.
The word carries religious and formal overtones, suggesting desperate or earnest petition rather than casual request.
Urge with desperation
- beseechPlead urgently with someone
- entreatPlead urgently with someone
- petitionFormal written appeal
- appealFormal review request
begging · prayer · plea · invoke · solicit · request · adjure · importune
Humbly unassertive
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- kneelingLowering onto bent legs
- bowingBending forward in deference
prostrate · lowly · self-effacing · unassuming · demure · docile · obedient · compliant
Given to worship
- devoutDeeply religious, sincere
- worshipfulFeeling or showing reverence
- piousFaithfully devoted to worship
- devotionalRelating to worship
solemn · veneration · adoring · faithful · spiritual · ceremonial · ritualistic · sacred
Deeply agitated by grief
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- distressedSuffering emotional turmoil
- despairingCompletely without hope
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
forlorn · wretched · fervent · yearning · urgent · dire · sorrowful · needy
Feeling guilt over misdeeds
- remorsefulFeeling guilt for wrongdoing
- apologeticExpressing regret for wrongdoing
- repentantFeeling sorrow for misdeeds
- ashamedFeeling guilt and disgrace
guilt-ridden · chastened · atoning · rueful · confessing · conscience-stricken · sorrowful · regretful
implore
Urge with desperation
appeal · begging · prayer · plea · invoke · solicit · request · adjure · importune · intercession
meek
Humbly unassertive
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- kneelingLowering onto bent legs
bowing · prostrate · lowly · self-effacing · unassuming · demure · docile · obedient · compliant · modest
prayerful
Given to worship
- devoutDeeply religious, sincere
- worshipfulFeeling or showing reverence
- piousFaithfully devoted to worship
devotional · solemn · veneration · adoring · faithful · spiritual · ceremonial · ritualistic · sacred · hallowed
distraught
Deeply agitated by grief
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- distressedSuffering emotional turmoil
- despairingCompletely without hope
hopeless · forlorn · wretched · fervent · yearning · urgent · dire · sorrowful · needy · anxious
contrite
Feeling guilt over misdeeds
- remorsefulFeeling guilt for wrongdoing
- apologeticExpressing regret for wrongdoing
- repentantFeeling sorrow for misdeeds
ashamed · guilt-ridden · chastened · atoning · rueful · confessing · conscience-stricken · sorrowful · regretful · humbled
- seeking helpcry for help, help wanted, asking, requesting, SOS
- pleadingpleading, begging, imploring, entreating, appealing
- contactingcalling, phoning, texting, emailing, messaging
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, urging, coaxing, influencing
- sycophancyfawning, toadying, groveling, kowtowing, brown-nosing
supplicatingcommanding
Exerting strong authority
demanding · ordering · dictating · imperious · domineering