to implore

Examples

• All

• We humbly implore you to come and negotiate the terms.

  Galaxy Quest (1999)

• I implore you to reconsider your decision before it's too late.

• In fact, I implore you, hold me to it.

• I ask you and implore you here today, my friends,

  Evan Carmichael

• And I would like to implore the Prime Minister to do the right thing and release them right.

• I must implore you not to mention a word of this to anyone.

  Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998)

• I implore you sir, please help me.

  Revenge (1986)

• I implore you, abandon this place.

  The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

• So with that said, I implore you all to forgive and open your hearts to a sister in need.

  So Undercover (2012)

• Please, I implore you.

  Shrek 2 (2004)

Synonyms

A

to ask

vsto implore

∞ 1.0

To request that someone do something or meet a requirement

is an emotional earnest plea rather than a neutral question or demand

A

to ask for

vsto implore

∞ 1.0

To tell someone you want or need something

is a more urgent and desperate plea than a simple request

R

to request

vsto implore

∞ 1.0

To ask for something politely or formally

is a desperate emotional appeal rather than polite formal asking

B

to beg

vsto implore

417 1.0

Ask someone very seriously and urgently for something

is an emotional appeal that can be more controlled than this

P

to pray

vsto implore

• Archaic

256 1.6

To beg someone urgently and humbly for something

is a more direct desperate appeal rather than a humble request

P

to plead

vsto implore

232 3.9

Ask someone urgently and emotionally for something

is usually more desperate and less composed than this earnest appeal

C

to call on

vsto implore

• Formal

187 3.5

To ask someone to take action or give information, often in a meeting

is an emotional desperate plea rather than a formal appeal

S

to solicit

vsto implore

• Formal

48 6.8

To ask people for something, often in a formal or persistent way

is a single urgent emotional plea rather than formal persistent asking

B

to beseech

vsto implore

• Formal

47 8.2

To ask someone earnestly for something

is equally earnest but leans more toward desperate begging

E

to entreat

vsto implore

• Formal

12 8.1

Ask someone in a serious, emotional way to do something

is like a desperate plea but can be less emotional

B

to beg for one's life

vsto implore

• NSFW

5 7.4

Ask someone very strongly not to kill or hurt you

is used for desperate asking in many situations beyond life threats

S

to supplicate

vsto implore

• Formal

3 9.6

To beg someone, often in prayer, for help or favor

is more about desperate pleading than formal humble petition

B

to beg on one's knees

vsto implore

• Informal

1 7.0

Ask someone for help or forgiveness while kneeling and looking very desperate

is an urgent plea without requiring a specific humble posture

I

to intreat

vsto implore

• Archaic

9.9

To ask someone very strongly for something

is the current everyday way to ask earnestly

Antonyms

R

to refuse

716 1.7

To say no to a request or offer

How Earnest

to beg

417 1.0

to plead

232 3.9

to implore

• Formal

40 5.3

to request

∞ 1.0

to ask

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology