pleading
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- adjective
- /ˈpliːdɪŋ/
- Then sliced a quail egg and painted on squid ink to represent pleading eyes and a mouth begging for mercy.
Examples
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From time to time she passed soldiers driving before them with whips and rifle butts, whole families, men, women and children, shrieking, pleading, wailing.
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His master was talking swiftly, and the other man was looking at him in an embarrassed, stealthy, and pleading manner: his eyes seemed to be apologizing for having supplanted him, so he mumbled.
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What these women were like pleading for was just to be seen as something else.
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And so I'm looking pleading with God and then so then I run home.
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We went from pleading thoughts to publication here and is very tied to this place.
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You can't see me like pleading, begging the audience.
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So wherever the cry goes out, asking, pleading, is there no bomb in Gilead?
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I think more of you are familiar with his work with pleading, and I found him an incredible designer, but I wouldn't put him in the quiet luxury camp.
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"And a sweet, gentle, pleading, innocent, "delicate, sympathetic, loyal, untutored, adoring female heart."
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The dog's eyes had a pleading expression as it looked at its owner, hoping for a treat.
Synonyms
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6.1
Asking for help in a strong, pleading way
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Showing a strong, urgent request for help or forgiveness
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Asking in a humble, serious way for help or forgiveness
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9.9
Asking for help in a humble, urgent way
To make a humble, urgent request, often like a prayer
To ask people seriously and strongly to do or stop something
Compounds
- Formal
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9.9
A court statement that gives different facts or claims to use later
- Formal
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9.9
A defendant's statement giving new facts to defeat the plaintiff's claim
- Jargon
A legal document filed in court that has errors or missing information
- Formal
A court paper that gives different, sometimes opposite, versions of facts so a lawyer can use any that fit
How Urgent
- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pleading comes from the same root as plea, which means a 'request', so a pleading look or voice is like making a strong, often emotional, 'plea'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of someone quietly saying please while asking earnestly.