imploring

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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for imploring come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.