implore distraught bough thicket eerie

implore

im·plore /ɪmˈplɔː $ -ɔːr/ verb [intransitive and transitive] formal

to ask for something in an emotional way

'Don't go,' I implored her.

implore somebody to do something - She implored the soldiers to save her child.

• imploring adjective
  • a ragged child with imploring eyes.

distraught

dis·traught /dɪˈstrɔːt $ -ˈstrɒːt/ adjective

so upset and worried that you cannot think clearly

• Relatives are tonight comforting the distraught parents.

bough

bough /baʊ/ noun [countable] literary

a main branch on a tree

thicket

thick·et /ˈθɪkət, ˈθɪkɪt/noun [countable]

a group of bushes and small trees

eerie

ee·rie /ˈɪəri $ ˈɪri/ adjective

strange and frightening

• the eerie sound of an owl hooting at night

• eerily adverb