Wheedle

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  • intransitive verb. To obtain through the use of flattery or guile.
  • intransitive verb. To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole.
  • intransitive verb. To use flattery or cajolery to achieve one's ends.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who wheedles; a cajoling or coaxing person.
  • noun. A piece of cajolery; a flattering or coaxing speech; a hoax.
  • To entice, especially by soft words; gain over by coaxing and flattery; cajole; coax; flatter; hence, to hoax; take in.
  • To gain or procure by flattery or coaxing.
  • To flatter; coax.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
  • transitive verb. To grain, or get away, by flattery.
  • intransitive verb. To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
  • verb. To obtain something by guile or trickery.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering