IMPLORED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

implored

verb

past tense of implore

as in begged

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner the victims of the hurricane implored the governor to put the full resources of the state into the relief effort

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Recent Examples of implored His teammates and coaches have implored him to be aggressive, not to scale back too much. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026 Last September, Sheriff Greg Tony implored neighboring city West Park to not even consider starting its own police department. —

Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 Steinberg implored council members to approve an ordinance, urging swift action to assist thousands sleeping on Sacramento’s streets in every council district and address businesses dealing with encampments. —

Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026 Later in March, an open letter from seventy-three artists and curators participating in the Biennale implored the organizers not to include Russia, Israel or the United States. —

News Desk, Artforum, 14 Apr. 2026 The Maryland governor implored his fellow Democrats contemplating a 2028 run to focus on the 2026 midterm elections and put in the work to help Democrats win back power. —

Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2026 Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist and a member of the Canadian Space Agency, honored the efforts of earlier space explorers as the crew broke the record and implored future generations to carry on their mission. —

Ava Berger, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026 Mangione’s lawyers had implored her to push back the federal case by several months to January 2027, arguing the back-to-back trials would severely limit Mangione’s ability to participate in his defense. —

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026 More than 100 airport leaders on Monday implored Congress in a letter to end a funding standoff that has forced 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers to go unpaid and has led to massive security lines. —

Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026

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Reigns tossed Punk from the announce table onto the ground as the referee begged for both competitors to get back into the ring.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
But a woman in the audience named Amelia thought that begged the question.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026