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wheedling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blandishment |
| Type of | enticement, temptation |
| Has types | ingratiation, insinuation |
| Derivation | wheedle |
Examples of wheedling
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With his wheedling intellect and Nietzschean ego, Vogel is a Germanic Hannibal Lecter.
From the kansas.com
And no amount of wheedling and whining from us would have changed her mind.
From the forbes.com
He is an unlikely superstar, with that wheedling voice and fey, self-deprecating manner.
From the democratandchronicle.com
His existence was previously proved by the accordion, the landscape, the wheedling word.
From the independent.co.uk
Smacks become thumps, soften into wheedling brushes and thunder back into angry wallops.
From the independent.co.uk
He was the Coriolanus of his age, incapable of wheedling, pleading and showing his wounds.
From the economist.com
And even before the Factory, there was Andy Warhol himself, wheedling ideas out of friends.
From the forbes.com
To assemble it, Schneider spent two years wheedling the best pictures from U.S. and European collections.
From the time.com
Downey is in top motormouth form here, wheedling his way in and out of half-truths with smarmy aplomb.
From the bloomberg.com
- Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
- (wheedling) blandishment: the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
- The Wheedle is the title character of a popular children's book by author Stephen Cosgrove. The character eventually evolved into a popular mascot generally associated with the city of Seattle.
- (Wheedling) In social science, seduction is the process of deliberately enticing a person to engage. The word seduction stems from Latin and means literally "to lead astray". As a result, the term may have a positive or negative connotation. ...
- To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery; To obtain something by guile or trickery
- (wheedling) persuading by flattery or gentle pleading; coaxing
- (wheedling) to to beguile via flattering words newsweek
- (v) - to influence, to entice with flattery
- Beg, or to cut a wheedle; to decoy by fawning or insinuation.
