imploring

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noun

The act of one who implores; imploration.

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Meanings

adjectiveimploring (comparative more imploring, superlative most imploring)

comparative more imploring · superlative most imploring

    verb
    1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of implore
    nounimploring (plural implorings)

    plural implorings

    1. The act of one who implores; imploration.

      But on the night that Nekhludov seduces Maslova, he forces his way past doors, implorings, and physical resistance.

      1997, Edward Wasiolek, Tolstoy's Major Fiction, page 198

    Synonyms & antonyms

    adjectivebegging

    Similar
    beseechingpleadingadjuratoryimportunatemendicantpetitionary
    Also see
    adjuratorybeseechingimportunatemendicantpetitionarypleadingprecativeprecatorysuppliantsupplicantsupplicatory

    Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imploring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imploring.

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