beseeching

Questions about beseeching

What does beseeching mean?

beseeching means "begging".

How many syllables are in beseeching?

beseeching has 3 syllables: be-see-ching. The stress falls on "see". In IPA it is /biˈsitʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for beseeching?

Close synonyms include pleading, imploring. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of beseeching?

The recorded antonyms are imperative.

Is beseeching a common word?

beseeching is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.