imploring

1. 1.

   begging

   Synonymsbeseechingpleading

   Similaradjuratoryimportunatemendicantpetitionaryprecatorysuppliant

Questions about imploring

What does imploring mean?

imploring means "begging".

How many syllables are in imploring?

imploring has 3 syllables: im-plo-ring. The stress falls on "plo". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈplɔɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for imploring?

Close synonyms include beseeching, pleading. 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.

Is imploring a common word?

imploring is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.