Synonyms of appealing (to)

appealing (to)

verb

present participle of appeal (to)

as in begging

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

when supplies at the food bank ran desperately low, officials appealed to the public for some much-needed replacements

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begging
• petitioning
• pleading (to)
• calling upon
• calling on
• praying
• asking
• beseeching
• imploring
• conjuring
• entreating
• supplicating
• impetrating
• requiring
• besieging
• soliciting
• importuning
• requesting
• invoking
• suing
• desiring
• compelling
• sponging
• forcing
• insisting
• bludging
• demanding
• coercing
• cadging
• claiming
• mooching
• commanding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggesting
• implying
• intimating
• hinting
• gratifying
• satisfying
• pleasing
• obliging
• appeasing
• comforting
• pacifying
• conciliating
• consoling
• placating
• quieting
• contenting
• mollifying