Supplicating
81imperative — 1 peremptory, imperious, *masterful, domineering Analogous words: commanding, ordering, bidding (see COMMAND vb): magisterial, *dictatorial, dogmatic, oracular: arbitrary, autocratic, despotic (see ABSOLUTE) Contrasted words: supplicating or… …
82piteous — *pitiful, pitiable Analogous words: imploring, supplicating, entreating, beseeching (see BEG): *melancholy, doleful, dolorous, plaintive …
83suppliant — adj 1. supplicant, supplicating, supplicatory; asking, petitioning, precatory, entreating, suing, beseeching, praying, imploring, imprecatory; begging, mendicant, solicitous, importunate; hat in hand, on bended knee, looking for a handout. n 2.… …
84suppliant — sup•pli•ant [[t]ˈsʌp li ənt[/t]] n. 1) a person who supplicates; petitioner 2) supplicating 3) expressive of supplication, as words or actions • Etymology: 1400–50; < MF, prp. of supplier < L supplicāre to supplicate sup′pli•ant•ly, adv.… …
85suppliance — I. /səˈplaɪəns/ (say suh pluyuhns) noun the act of supplying. Also, supplial /səˈplaɪəl/ (say suh pluyuhl). {suppl(y)1 + i 2 + ance} II. /ˈsʌpliəns/ (say supleeuhns) noun the act of supplicating; entreaty; supplication. {suppli(c …
86suppliant — /ˈsʌpliənt / (say supleeuhnt) noun 1. someone who supplicates; a humble petitioner. –adjective 2. supplicating. 3. expressive of supplication, as words, actions, etc. {Middle English, from French, present participle of supplier, Old French… …
87supplicant — /ˈsʌpləkənt/ (say supluhkuhnt) adjective 1. supplicating. –noun 2. a suppliant. {Latin supplicans, present participle} …
88supplicate — [c]/ˈsʌpləkeɪt / (say supluhkayt) verb (supplicated, supplicating) –verb (i) 1. to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition. –verb (t) 2. to pray humbly to; entreat or petition humbly. 3. to seek by humble entreaty. {late Middle… …
89supplication — /sʌpləˈkeɪʃən/ (say supluh kayshuhn) noun the act of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition …
90apologetic — [adj] expressing remorse, regret atoning, attritional, compunctious, conciliatory, contrite, expiatory, explanatory, on one’s knees*, penitent, penitential, propitiatory, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, selfeffacing, self incriminating …
