Antonyms for beg
bɛgbeg

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 4 votes

1. beg

   One asks what he feels that he may fairly claim and reasonably expect; "if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father," Luke xi, 11; he begs for that to which he advances no claim but pity. Demand is a determined and often an arrogant word; one may rightfully demand what is his own or his due, when it is withheld or denied; or he may wrongfully demand that to which he has no claim but power. Require is less arrogant and obtrusive than demand, but is exceedingly strenuous; as, the court requires the attendance of witnesses. Entreat implies a special earnestness of asking, and beseech, a still added and more humble intensity; beseech was formerly often used as a polite intensive for beg or pray; as, I beseech you to tell me. To implore is to ask with weeping and lamentation; to supplicate is to ask, as it were, on bended knees. Crave and request are somewhat formal terms; crave has almost disappeared from conversation; request would seem distant between parent and child. Pray is now used chiefly of address to the Supreme Being; petition is used of written request to persons in authority; as, to petition the legislature to pass an act, or the governor to pardon an offender.

   Antonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, reject

   Synonyms:
   ask, beseech, crave, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate

   Preposition:
   Ask a person for a thing; ask a thing of or from a person; ask after or about one's health, welfare, friends, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. beg

   Antonyms:
   insist, exact, extort, require, demand

   Synonyms:
   ask, request, entreat, supplicate, beseech, implore, pray, petition, crave

Matched Categories

1. • Evade
   • Request

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beg, implore, prayverb

   call upon in supplication; entreat

   "I beg you to stop!"

   Synonyms:
   pray, implore, solicit, tap

2. solicit, beg, tapverb

   make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

   "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

   Synonyms:
   court, solicit, pray, exploit, accost, wiretap, tip, rap, romance, tap, pink, knock, intercept, bug, tapdance, implore, woo, hook

3. begverb

   ask to obtain free

   "beg money and food"

   Synonyms:
   pray, implore, solicit, tap

4. begverb

   dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted

   "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"

   Synonyms:
   pray, implore, solicit, tap

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. begverb

   Synonyms:
   beseech, supplicate, implore, ask alms

How to use beg in a sentence?

1. Yasemin Baban:

   A dog cannot talk and cannot say what he is suffering from. A dog doesn't know to beg. A human, worst-case scenario, can at least steal to stay alive. They can explain themselves. A dog has no chances in a city like this.

2. Winsome Sears:

   Well, let me back up, I beg to differ that CRT is not taught, i didn't say that.

3. North Korea:

   I never, never should have allowed myself to be lured by the United States administration to commit a crime in this country. I wish that the United States administration never manipulate people like myself in the future to commit crimes against foreign countries. I entirely beg you, the people and government of the DPRK, for your forgiveness. Please ! I made the worst mistake of my life !

4. Shel Silverstein:

   The hens they all cackle, the roosters all beg, But I will not hatch, I will not hatch. For I hear all the talk of pollution and war As the people all shout and the airplane roar, So I'm staying in here where it's safe and it's warm, And I WILL NOT HATCH

5. Gabriel Sterling:

   If you're a Georgia voter, if you want your values reflected by your elected officials, I strongly beg and encourage you : Go vote tomorrow. Do not let anybody discourage you. Do not self-suppress your own vote. Do not make a self-fulfilling prophecy out of doing this. Don't let anybody steal your vote that way, that's what's happening if you self-suppress : You are taking away your important voice from this election.

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