as in pleading
asking humbly
it was hard to refuse such an amusingly entreating panhandler
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Relevance
as in begging
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply
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Recent Examples of entreating
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2026
This is a question mark of a movie, entreating us to trust in the spirit of the moment.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
In the first film, Evan Rachel Wood played Sally’s eldest daughter, but the actress revealed in 2025 that, despite entreating the production to hire her, she was not asked to return for the sequel.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2026
This is a question mark of a movie, entreating us to trust in the spirit of the moment.
—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entreating
Adjective
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Tigua dancers of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo performed a prayerful ceremony traditional before a hunt.
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That’s the prayerful explanation for the nonsense that spouted this week from the leaders of a football conference that hopes to grow up and be the Big Ten someday.
Verb
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Its dressing—creamy from mayonnaise, subtly sweet from a touch of sugar—is begging for the pickle's salty acidity.
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The 2026 Toyota Crown is a tame but stylish family car, neither begging you to go off-road or to step on it around country mountains, but instead being an all-around great hauler with the quality Toyota’s known for.
Verb
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However, there's already a group petitioning against the idea of the mall becoming an industrial park.
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Stated differently, Sorsby petitioning the NFL doesn’t mean the NFL will grant the petition.
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“Entreating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entreating. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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