beseeching
Meaning of beseeching
verb, gerund or present participle
- ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.
they beseeched him to stay
‘You have got to believe me,’ Violet beseeched him
they earnestly beseeched his forgiveness
Middle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + Old English sēcan (see seek).
Information about beseeching
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of beseeching is: beseechings.
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Hyphenation of beseeching
be-seech-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- beseeching is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
beseeching synonyms
Meaning beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something:
Meaning ask someone earnestly or humbly for something:
Meaning ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something:
Meaning harass (someone) persistently for or to do something:
Meaning strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something:
Meaning present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause:
Meaning ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly:
Meaning urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something:
Meaning feel a powerful desire for (something):
Meaning a self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if they are superior to others:
Meaning request fervently; beg for:
Words that rhyme with beseeching
hing, aahing, ahing, blahing, fatwahing, hoorahing, hurrahing, huzzahing, obeahing, oompahing, rahing, Ahgwahching, Beeching, Busching, Ching, Fasching, Frenching, Kuching, Peiching, Stellenbosching, accroaching, aching, antilynching, antipoaching, appeaching, approaching, arching, areaching, attaching, avalanching, avouching, baching, backaching, backscratching, backstitching, batching, beaching, bedrenching, belching, bellyaching, benching, bescorching, besmirching, besmutching, bewitching, bioleaching, birching, birdcatching, birdwatching, bitching
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