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The act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
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wheedling
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; ...
WordNet
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n. the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery [syn: blandishment ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
coaxing, aiming to persuade. n. The act of one who wheedles. v (present participle of wheedle English)
Usage examples of wheedling.
She was tempted to recount the wheedling she had to employ on visits to New York and Philadelphia, scratching up writing assignments from railroaders, supplemented by loans from abolitionists sympathetic with the cause of keeping a score of black girls from the life the slavers had in store.
As he passed, Brak could hear him wheedling: "Myrkjartan is a most particular friend of mine, so let me speak to him at once, you grinning ninnies, or you'll all find yourselves turned into bootblacking rags.
We shouldn’t have to lay ourselves out for people, court them with coaxings and wheedlings and eye-batting displays.
The voice, wheedling, thin, like a guy wire plucked by an evil pneumatic spirit.
Jinx is a big, strong, macho man who can't resist the wheedling of his daughter.
He knew from his own experience how many major publishers, TV companies, top-line writers, and others were wining and dining, wheeling and wheedling with UNSA's top executives to try and get a corner on the Jevlen story from the ``inside.