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1 blandishment
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cajolery — cajole ► VERB ▪ persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery. DERIVATIVES cajolery noun. ORIGIN French cajoler … English terms dictionary
cajolery — noun see cajole … New Collegiate Dictionary
cajolery — noun cajolement … Wiktionary
cajolery — noun flattery intended to persuade • Syn: ↑blandishment, ↑palaver • Derivationally related forms: ↑palaver (for: ↑palaver), ↑cajole, ↑blandish ( … Useful english dictionary
cajolery — /kəˈdʒoʊləri/ (say kuh johluhree) noun (plural cajoleries) persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing …
cajole — transitive verb (cajoled; cajoling) Etymology: French cajoler Date: 1630 1. a. to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance ; coax < had to cajole … New Collegiate Dictionary
cajole — [kə dʒəʊl] verb persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery. Derivatives cajolement noun cajolery noun Origin C17: from Fr. cajoler … English new terms dictionary
cajole — ► VERB ▪ persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery. DERIVATIVES cajolery noun. ORIGIN French cajoler … English terms dictionary
con artist — noun a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim • Syn: ↑confidence man, ↑con man • Hypernyms: ↑swindler, ↑defrauder, ↑chiseller, ↑chiseler, ↑gouger, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
whillywha — noun a) a flattering deceiver b) wheedling speech, cajolery … Wiktionary
flattery — noun she s simply not vain enough to fall for your flattery Syn: praise, adulation, compliments, blandishments, honeyed words; fawning, blarney, cajolery; formal encomium; informal sweet talk, soft soap, snow job, buttering up, toadying … Thesaurus of popular words