Beg

/bɛɡ/

Synonyms for "beg" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Verb(9 words)

beseech entreat implore beseeched beseeches besought bummed cadged cadges

adjure appealappeal toapply approach ask bear beget beseech besiege bey brace breed bum cadge

Noun(4 words)

appeals beseeching bumming bums

Strong matches (42)

Verb(8 words)

cadging deprecates entreated entreating entreats grovels implored implores

call for helpcall oncall uponcircumventclamor forcollector conjure cravecry forcry oncry todemand ditch double elude entreat escape evade generate get

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get aroundget awayget away fromget out ofgovernor hint hithit upimpetrate implore importune

Noun(3 words)

groveling guttersnipe imploring

Related words (70)

Verb(16 words)

importuned importunes kneels panhandled pleaded pleads pled pray prayed prays snivel solicit sue supplicates supplicating tap

imprecate invokekneel tomooch multiply nabob nag obtest panhandlepass the hatpetition pleadplead forpray press proconsul procreate produce progenerate propagate

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provincial push reproduce requestrun toscrounge seek shakeshake offshuffle out ofsire skirt solicit speak sue supplicate touch urge viceroy worry

Noun(12 words)

meowing miaowing mooches panhandlers panhandles panhandling petitions pleading scrounges scrounging seek whining

Determiner(1 words)

more urging

Interjection(1 words)

prithee

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

18 entries

appealask forbespeakcall forcircumvent dodge duck elude evade fudge hedge parry pleadput offquest request

Showing 16 of 18 words.

More specific

2 entries

beg for fundingbeg for permission

Collocations

6 entries

beg for data accessbeg for fundingbeg for mercybeg for permissionbeg the questionbeg to differ

Inflections

3 entries

begged begging begs

Derivations

3 entries

begary beggar beggarly

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I beg to differ, as I disagree with your analysis of the situation.

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I beg your pardon?

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Stop yelling, I beg you.

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I beg your pardon; I didn't quite catch your name.

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