Coaxing
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of wheedling; cajolery.
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adjective.
p. pr. of
coax
.
adjective.
Pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade.
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verb.
Present participle of
coax
.
adjective.
Serving to coax.
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noun.
flattery designed to gain favor
adjective.
pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade
Word Usage
"Billy's consent to sell her pretties had been hard to get, but at last she succeeded in coaxing it out of him."
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
compulsion
Equivalent
persuasive
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
flattery
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bland
gentle
persuasive
suasion
winning
variant
coax
verb-stem
coax