sweet-talkv.

Brit.

/ˈswiːttɔːk/, U.S.

/ˈswi(t)ˌtɔk/,

/ˈswi(t)ˌtɑk/

Etymology: < (as) sweet talk n.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

a. transitive. To cajole, flatter, persuade. Cf. smooth-talk v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > wheedle, coax, or cajole

fleechc1425

coyc1490

flatter?a1513

cuittlec1565

smooth1584

ingle1602

cajole1645

collogue1660

wheedle1661

coax1663

to wheedle with1664

to cajole with1665

manage1677

whilly1721

carney1811

whillywha1816

canoodle1864

patise1891

schmear1910

sweet-talk1936

soft-talk1946

snow-job1962

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > persuasive flattery or cajolery > cajole [verb (transitive)]

fagea1400

fleechc1425

flatter?a1513

stroke1513

sweeten1594

ingle1602

honey1604

coga1616

cajole1645

collogue1660

wheedle1661

coax1663

to wheedle with1664

to cajole with1665

tweedle1715

whilly1721

whillywha1816

to salve over1862

schmooze1899

plámás1919

sweet-talk1936

1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xlvii. 836 Don't try to sweet talk me.

1955 T. Williams Orpheus Descending ii. iv. 80 I'd say a peculiar slew-footer that sweet talks you while he's got his hand in the cashbox.

1965 Listener 27 May 791/1 There she worked her life away on the edge of poverty, sweet-talking her customers as she lathered them.

1970 J. H. Gray Boy from Winnipeg 199 The ‘puller’ would come out and sweet-talk them into the store.

1981 Observer 17 May 19/6 Many have tried over the years to sweet-talk Walsh into selling, but he remained strongly independent until the last.

b. intransitive. To talk persuasively or flatteringly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (intransitive)]

fikea1225

flatter?c1225

ficklec1230

blandisha1340

smooth1340

glaver1380

softa1382

glozec1386

to hold (also bear) up oila1387

glothera1400

flaitec1430

smekec1440

love?a1500

flata1522

blanch1572

cog1583

to smooth it1583

smooth1587

collogue1602

to oil the tongue1607

sleek1607

wheedle1664

pepper1784

blarney1837

to pitch (the) woo1935

flannel1941

sweet-talk1956

1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It iv. 33 I would just have to sweet-talk a little.

1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf viii. 102 He'll switch on the charm and sweet-talk so hard that I am throwing my arms around him.

Derivatives

ˈsweet-talker n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > wheedling, coaxing, or cajoling > one who wheedles, coaxes, or cajoles

fleecherc1425

wheedle1673

cajoler1676

coaxer1706

wheedler1773

carney1818

coax1863

sweet-talker1946

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer

fickler?c1225

losenger1303

glothererc1325

flatterera1340

blander1340

flatter1340

glozera1420

fleecherc1425

fager1435

soother1553

smooth-boots1599

sleekstonea1610

blandisher1611

cogger1611

over-prizer1611

smoother1611

colloguer1631

dauber1642

pargetera1656

flattercap1681

whillywhaa1682

sweetener1728

proneur1809

carney1818

soft-soaper1839

soft-solderer1851

smooth-sayer1872

incenser1873

soft-mouth1881

blarneyer1882

flannel-mouth1882

oiler1883

jollier1896

smoodger1898

plámáser1919

sweet-talker1946

smarmy1957

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues p. vi To the sweettalkers, the gumbeaters, the highjivers.

1979 Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. h 1/1 Why did he let himself be wheedled out of a lifetime job? Some sweet-talker, that Lyndon Johnson.

ˈsweet-talking adj.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective]

ficklinga1240

glozing1297

blandingc1315

blandishingc1374

glaveringc1394

fleering?a1400

sleekedc1400

faginga1425

smoothc1450

flattering1484

cogging1542

flatterous1546

butterya1585

smooth-tongueda1593

oily1598

silken1598

slick-tongued1598

soothing1599

sleek1601

slick1606

blandiloquous1615

supellectile1615

colloguing1620

losengeous1632

oiled-tongued1632

daubing1655

blandiloquious1689

smooth-booted1706

palavering1764

pill-gilding1764

oily-tongued1788

buttering1789

sleeky1810

smooth-spoken1821

oleaginous1833

butteraceous1837

saponaceous1837

soft-soapy1849

soapy1854

blarneying1884

smarmy1924

sweet-talking1956

smoothie1959

smarming1970

blandiloquent-

1956 R. Ellison in New World Writing ix. 230 Now he ain't like that ole clarinet; clarinet so sweet-talking he just eases you in the dozens.

1966 J. B. Priestley Salt is Leaving vi. 81 I still say, my sweet-talking friend, that..you'd have..forgotten me.

ˈsweet-talking n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > wheedling, coaxing, or cajoling

blandishingc1305

flatteryc1320

blandishc1475

fleechingc1480

coying1580

blandishment1591

suppalpation1634

cajolery1649

wheedling1668

coaxing1672

cajolingc1724

cajolement1816

plámás1853

fleechment1886

sloothering1892

wheedlery1909

snow-jobbing1966

sweet-talking1981

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > persuasive flattery or cajolery > [noun]