Antonyms for pray
preɪpray

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1. prayverb

   Antonyms:
   curse

2. prayverb

   please; used to make a polite request.

   Antonyms:
   curse

3. prayverb

   Antonyms:
   curse

4. prayverb

   Antonyms:
   curse

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1. pray

   To pray, in the religious sense, is devoutly to address the Supreme Being with reverent petition for divine grace or any favor or blessing, and in the fullest sense with thanksgiving and praise for the divine goodness and mercy; the once common use of the word to express any earnest request, as "I pray you to come in," is now rare, unless in writings molded on older literature, or in certain phrases, as "Pray sit down;" even in these "please" is more common; "I beg you" is also frequently used, as expressing a polite humility of request. Beseech and entreat express great earnestness of petition; implore and supplicate denote the utmost fervency and intensity, supplicate implying also humility. Compare ASK; PLEAD.

   Synonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, bid, call upon, conjure, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, plead, request, supplicate

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1. pray

   Synonyms:
   beg, beseech, entreat, implore, solicit, supplicate, adjure, invoke, crave

Matched Categories

1. • Commune
   • Plead

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1. prayverb

   address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer

   "pray to the Lord"

   Synonyms:
   implore, beg

2. beg, implore, prayverb

   call upon in supplication; entreat

   "I beg you to stop!"

   Synonyms:
   implore, solicit, beg, tap

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1. prayverb

   Synonyms:
   invoke, supplicate, entreat, implore, beg, petition, intercede

How to use pray in a sentence?

1. Leroy Robert Satchel Paige:

   Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

2. Dag Hammarskjld:

   .....if you're driving down the highway in the middle of the night and you see a sign that says Bridge Out, pray for some intellectual understanding of that message, or you're going to have an experience you'll never forget

3. Patrick Lynch:

   They wanted to protect you from that evil. Now one of them has died doing exactly that, and the other is fighting for his life. We respectfully ask you, once again: Please join us to mourn Police Officer Jason Rivera as if he was your own flesh and blood. And please pray for our injured brother, because he is your injured brother, too.

4. Donald Trump:

   In their blessed memories, we resolve to defeat the evils of terrorism and religious persecution so that all people can worship without fear, pray without danger and live by the faith that flows from their heart.

5. Scott C. Holstad:

   they are a little more solid even in the exquisite nakedness of their existence and they glory in their reality and read music and dance poetry on the sidewalks and in the lavatories of bombed out buildings. we take their words and cup them in our hands and we take their lips and crush them to our selves and dream the dreams and think of sands and faraway places and wish for death and pray they see IT soon.

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