Antonyms for implore
ɪmˈplɔr, -ˈploʊrim·plore

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1. imploreverb

   Synonyms:
   entreat

2. imploreverb

   To beg for, to entreat urgently or earnestly.

   Synonyms:
   entreat

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 5 votes

1. implore

   One asks what he feels that he may fairly claim and reasonably expect; "if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father," Luke xi, 11; he begs for that to which he advances no claim but pity. Demand is a determined and often an arrogant word; one may rightfully demand what is his own or his due, when it is withheld or denied; or he may wrongfully demand that to which he has no claim but power. Require is less arrogant and obtrusive than demand, but is exceedingly strenuous; as, the court requires the attendance of witnesses. Entreat implies a special earnestness of asking, and beseech, a still added and more humble intensity; beseech was formerly often used as a polite intensive for beg or pray; as, I beseech you to tell me. To implore is to ask with weeping and lamentation; to supplicate is to ask, as it were, on bended knees. Crave and request are somewhat formal terms; crave has almost disappeared from conversation; request would seem distant between parent and child. Pray is now used chiefly of address to the Supreme Being; petition is used of written request to persons in authority; as, to petition the legislature to pass an act, or the governor to pardon an offender.

   Antonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, reject

   Synonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, crave, demand, entreat, petition, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate

   Preposition:
   Ask a person for a thing; ask a thing of or from a person; ask after or about one's health, welfare, friends, etc.

Matched Categories

1. • Plead

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. beg, implore, prayverb

   call upon in supplication; entreat

   "I beg you to stop!"

   Synonyms:
   pray, solicit, beg, tap

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1. imploreverb

   Synonyms:
   beseech, supplicate, entreat, obsecrate

How to use implore in a sentence?

1. Rusty Page:

   As a matter of simple human decency we implore the county not to prematurely take Lexi from her home.

2. David Letterman:

   I’ve kind of developed a real creepy look with it that I ’m sort of enjoying, i can tell that people are off-put by it. And the more people implore me to shave, the stronger my resolve is to not shave.

3. Richard Prendergast:

   The overall impact of this case is huge, i implore the court to move very deliberately.

4. Chief Cameron:

   I would like to say this on a closing note, president Joe Biden, if you are listening, we implore you and we advise you to work with our brothers and sisters in the United States, because there are many unmarked graves in your country. Work with those chiefs and councils and survivors to help give those bodies a proper burial.

5. Griselda Martinez:

   There is no honor in silence, my brother had a family that loved him and is hurt every single day that he's not here. We implore anyone who knows anything to just speak up.

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