sweet-talkv.
/ˈswiːttɔːk/, U.S. /ˈswi(t)ˌtɔk/, /ˈswi(t)ˌtɑk/ 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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
fleechingc1480
cajolery1649
wheedling1668
coaxing1672
cajolingc1724
cajolement1816
fleechment1886
sloothering1892
wheedlery1909
sweet-talking1981
1981 P. Niesewand Word of Gentleman xxxii. 221 We tried diplomacy and sweet talking.
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