wheedling
NounSynonyms:
blandishment
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the act of urging by means of teasing or flatterySynonyms: blandishment
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Wheedle \Whee"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheedled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheedling.] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen to blow, and E. wind, n.] [1913 Webster]
1.To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax. [1913 Webster]
The unlucky art of wheedling fools.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
And wheedle a world that loves him not.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
2.To grain, or get away, by flattery. [1913 Webster]
A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her.— Congreve.[1913 Webster]