imploring
adjective
[ ɪmˈplɔːrɪŋ ]
• making an earnest or desperate appeal.
• "an imploring look"
implore
verb
• beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.
• "he implored her to change her mind"
Similar:
plead with,
beg,
entreat,
beseech,
appeal to,
pray,
ask,
request,
solicit,
supplicate,
importune,
call on,
exhort,
urge,
enjoin,
press,
push,
petition,
encourage,
bid,
obtest,
obsecrate,
impetrate,
Origin:
early 16th century: from French implorer or Latin implorare ‘invoke with tears’.
