Supplicating
91piteous — [adj] miserable, pathetic beseeching, commiserable, deplorable, distressing, doleful, dolorous, entreating, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, imploring, lamentable, melancholy, mournful, moving, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, poor,… …
92suppliant — [sup′lē ənt] n. [ME suppliaunt: see SUPPLIANT the adj.] a person who supplicates; petitioner adj. [MFr, prp. of supplier < L supplicare, to SUPPLICATE] 1. asking humbly; supplicating; entreating 2. expressing supplication [suppliant words]… …
93supplicant — [sup′lə kənt] adj. that supplicates; supplicating n. a person who supplicates; suppliant …
94supplicate — [sup′lə kāt΄] vt. supplicated, supplicating [ME supplicaten < L supplicatus, pp. of supplicare, to kneel down, pray < sub ,SUB + plicare, to fold, double up: see PLY1] 1. to ask for humbly and earnestly, as by prayer 2. to make a humble… …
95supplication — [sup΄lə kā′shən] n. 1. the act of supplicating 2. a humble request, prayer, petition, etc …
96shamed — adjective 1. suffering shame • Syn: ↑discredited, ↑disgraced, ↑dishonored • Similar to: ↑ashamed 2. showing a sense of guilt a guilty look the hangdog and shamefaced air of the r …
97sup´pli|ant|ly — sup|pli|ant «SUHP lee uhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. asking or praying humbly and earnestly; supplicating: »lifting suppliant hands in a prayer for mercy. He sent a suppliant message for help. SYNONYM(S): beseeching. –n. a person who asks humbly… …
98sup|pli|ant — «SUHP lee uhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. asking or praying humbly and earnestly; supplicating: »lifting suppliant hands in a prayer for mercy. He sent a suppliant message for help. SYNONYM(S): beseeching. –n. a person who asks humbly and earnestly …
99sup|pli|ca|tion — «SUHP luh KAY shuhn», noun. 1. the action of supplicating: »He knelt in supplication. Their grave, white faces lifted in a single supplication to the ship (Thomas Wolfe). 2. Usually, supplications. a humble and earnest request or prayer:… …
100sup|pli|ca|to|ry — «SUHP luh kuh TR ee, TOHR », adjective. supplicating …
