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1 moina
moina s.f. simpering; (comportamento lezioso) coaxing, wheedling, cajoling: fare moine, to simper; smetti di fare tante moine, stop simpering; fare moine a qlcu. per indurlo a fare qlco., to wheedle (o to coax) a person into doing sthg.; con un po' di moine ottiene dalla mamma quel che vuole, with a little bit of coaxing (o wheedling) he can get anything he wants from his mother.* * *[mo'ina]sostantivo femminilele -e — (comportamento lezioso) coaxing, wheedling, cajoling; (gesto d'affetto) fondling
fare le -e a qcn. — to try to coax sb.
convincere qcn. a fare qcs. con le -e — to wheedle sb. into doing sth
* * *moina/mo'ina/sostantivo f.le -e (comportamento lezioso) coaxing, wheedling, cajoling; (gesto d'affetto) fondling; fare le -e a qcn. to try to coax sb.; convincere qcn. a fare qcs. con le -e to wheedle sb. into doing sth. -
2 smorfia
f grimace* * *smorfia s.f.1 grimace, face: fare una smorfia, to make a grimace (o a face) (o to pull a face); fare smorfie a qlcu., to pull (o to make) faces at s.o.; fare una smorfia di dolore, to wince with pain // perché tante smorfie?, ( storie) why so much fuss?2 ( moina) simper; pout // non fare troppe smorfie a questo bambino, se non vuoi viziarlo, don't pet this child too much if you don't want to spoil him.* * *['zmɔrfja]sostantivo femminile1) (di dolore, disgusto) grimace, facefare delle -e — to pull o make faces
2) (espressione affettata) smirk, simper-e — (moine) coaxing, wheedling
* * *smorfia/'zmɔrfja/sostantivo f.1 (di dolore, disgusto) grimace, face; fare delle -e to pull o make faces; fare una smorfia di dolore to grimace in pain -
3 blandizia
blandizia s.f. (letter.) cajolery; wheedling; caressing; ( adulazione) flattery; ( lusinga) allurement. -
4 manfrina
manfrina s.f.1 monferrina (Piedmontese dance) // suonare la manfrina, (fig.) to strum2 (petulanza) wheedling [U]: che manfrina!, what a song and dance! // non fare la manfrina, stop going on and on about it.
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Wheedling — 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To entice by soft… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wheedling — noun the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery • Syn: ↑blandishment • Derivationally related forms: ↑wheedle, ↑blandish (for: ↑blandishment) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wheedling — Synonyms and related words: adulation, adulatory, allurement, bland, blandishing, blandishment, blarney, blarneying, bunkum, buttery, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling, coaxing, compliment, complimentary, conning, courtierly, courtly,… … Moby Thesaurus
wheedling — whee|dling [ widlıŋ, hwidlıŋ ] adjective asking for something continuously in an annoying way … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wheedling — whee·dle || hwɪËdl / w v. coax by flattery or enticement; obtain through flattery or seduction … English contemporary dictionary
wheedling — UK [ˈwiːd(ə)lɪŋ] / US [ˈwɪd(ə)lɪŋ] / US [ˈhwɪd(ə)lɪŋ] adjective asking for something continuously in an annoying way … English dictionary
αἱμυλώτερον — αἱμύλος wheedling adverbial comp αἱμύλος wheedling masc acc comp sg αἱμύλος wheedling neut nom/voc/acc comp sg αἱμύλος wheedling masc acc comp sg αἱμύλος wheedling neut nom/voc/acc comp sg αἱμύλος wheedling adverbial … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
αἱμυλώτατα — αἱμύλος wheedling adverbial superl αἱμύλος wheedling neut nom/voc/acc superl pl αἱμύλος wheedling adverbial superl αἱμύλος wheedling neut nom/voc/acc superl pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
αἱμυλώτατον — αἱμύλος wheedling masc acc superl sg αἱμύλος wheedling neut nom/voc/acc superl sg αἱμύλος wheedling masc acc superl sg αἱμύλος wheedling neut nom/voc/acc superl sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
αἱμύλα — αἱμύλος wheedling neut nom/voc/acc pl αἱμύλᾱ , αἱμύλος wheedling fem nom/voc/acc dual αἱμύλᾱ , αἱμύλος wheedling fem nom/voc sg (doric aeolic) αἱμύλος wheedling neut nom/voc/acc pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
αἱμύλον — αἱμύλος wheedling masc acc sg αἱμύλος wheedling neut nom/voc/acc sg αἱμύλος wheedling masc/fem acc sg αἱμύλος wheedling neut nom/voc/acc sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)