entreaty

Noun

Meaning

Treatment; reception; entertainment.

The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

suit supplication request appeal prayer solicitation importunity rosary order call requisition mona application address claim
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Antonyms

order direct direction charge command demand
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Hypernyms

request asking

Hyponyms

suit supplication plea courtship courting wooing

Related terms

entreat

Phrases with the word

fervent entreaty

Derivatives

entreaties

Examples

External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens

Rachmaninoff made a musician out of me. His 'Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini' was the piece that sent me into raptures. It spoke to me. To me, it was a tender entreaty for the misunderstood. Joni Mitchell

Entreaty and right do the deed. Spanish Proverb

A great man's entreaty is a command. Spanish Proverb

Hearing he hears not. He is deaf to entreaty. Latin Proverb

an entreaty to stop the fighting Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

entreatingly entreative entreatment entrechat entrectinib entree