expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in her voice"
An imploring look, cry, or letter shows that you very much want someone to do something and are afraid they may not do it. Frank looked at Jim with imploring eyes. = pleading + imploringly im·plor·ing·ly Michael looked at him imploringly, eyes brimming with tears
To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to pray to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urgency; to entreat; to beg; followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought
If you implore someone to do something, you ask them to do it in a forceful, emotional way. Opposition leaders this week implored the president to break the deadlock `Tell me what to do!' she implored him. = beg. to ask for something in an emotional way = beg (implorer, from , from plorare )