She looked at me with a passionate expression of entreaty.
Source: tatoeba (3283987)
Entreaty
//ɛnˈtɹiːti//
Synonyms for "entreaty" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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Translations
39 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δέησις noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Bulgarian
3 entries- молба noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- просба noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- прошение noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خواست noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Czech
2 entries- naléhavá prosba noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- naléhavá žádost noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Dutch
2 entries- smeekbede noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- smeekgebed noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Faroese
1 entries- (innilig) bøn noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Finnish
1 entries- vetoomus noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
French
1 entries- supplication noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
German
3 entries- Anflehen noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- Anflehung noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- Flehen noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- alumgay noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Hindi
1 entries- याचना noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Hungarian
4 entries- esdeklés noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- esedezés noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- kérlelés noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- könyörgés noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Icelandic
1 entries- áskorun noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Irish
2 entries- achainí noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- impí noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Latin
1 entries- obsecratio noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- daxwaz noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- rica noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Old English
1 entries- hālsung noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دعا noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- نیاز noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jebäd noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Portuguese
1 entries- súplica noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- preklinjanje noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Spanish
3 entries- petición noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- plegaria noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- solicitud noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Swedish
3 entries- appell noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- uppmaning noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
- vädjan noun (petition, solicitation, prayer)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Side by side on the narrow shawl knelt the two wanderers, the little prattling child and the reckless, hardened adventurer. Her chubby face and his haggard, angular visage were both turned up to the cloudless heaven in heartfelt entreaty to that dread Being with whom they were face to face, while the two voices—the one thin and clear, the other deep and harsh—united in the entreaty for mercy and forgiveness.
Source: tatoeba (6310889)
1779, William Ward, An Essay on Grammar as it may be applied to the English Language, New Edition, page 202, In all commands or entreaties, the ſtate commanded, or entreated, muſt be contingent; i. e. capable of being, or not being, as the command or entreaty expreſſes it.
Source: wiktionary
She gathered many of the stones which I built into the walls of the hut; also, she turned a deaf ear to my entreaties when I begged her to desist.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.