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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. flattery designed to gain favor;
[syn: blarney, coaxing, soft soap, sweet talk]


VERB (1)

1. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering;
- Example: "He palavered her into going along"
[syn: wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blarney \Blar"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blarneyed (-n[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Blarneying.] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. "Blarneyed the landlord." --Irving. [1913 Webster] Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. --S. G. Goodrich. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

blarney \blar"ney\ (bl[aum]r"n[y^]), n. [Blarney, a village and castle near Cork in Ireland.] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland (built in 1446), said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney. Note: The origin of the stone is uncertain. In order to kiss the Blarney stone, which is located in the side of the castle, one must be held upside-down by the feet and lowered into the proper position from an opening in an overhang in the parapet. It is an experience eschewed by some tourists. [1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blarney n 1: flattery designed to gain favor [syn: blarney, coaxing, soft soap, sweet talk] v 1: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet- talk, inveigle]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "blarney": adulation, banter, blandish, blandishment, bunkum, cajole, cajolement, cajolery, compliment, con, eyewash, fair words, fawning, flattery, grease, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, incense, oil, palaver, praise, pretty lies, soap, soft soap, soft-soap, sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, sweet-talk, sycophancy, wheedle, wheedling