Blandishing

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Blandishment.
  • Mild; soothing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of blandish.
  • Word Usage
    "Yet such is the prevailing level of concern that the publishing house was legitimately concerned that suddenly the little sisters of St. Francis of Assisi would metamorphose into a gaggle of money-hungry, lawyer-blandishing harpies."
    verb-stem
    blandish