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wheedlewhee‧dle /ˈwiːdl/ verb [transitive]  wheedleOrigin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from German wedeln ‘to wag the tail, be willing to do what others want’ VERB TABLEwheedle |
Present | I, you, we, they | wheedle | | he, she, it | wheedles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | wheedled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have wheedled | | he, she, it | has wheedled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had wheedled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will wheedle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have wheedled |
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Present | I | am wheedling | | he, she, it | is wheedling | | you, we, they | are wheedling | Past | I, he, she, it | was wheedling | | you, we, they | were wheedling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been wheedling | | he, she, it | has been wheedling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been wheedling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be wheedling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been wheedling |
- He likes me to wheedle, the brute.
- I am going to see an operation if I can wheedle anybody into letting me.
- In contrast, his manner is ingratiating, even wheedling.
- In such ways the devil wheedles his way into human relationships with highly damaging effects.
- Supposing she let them down after dear Franz Busacher had connived and wheedled to make her acceptable to Gesner?
- The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses.
NOUN► way· In such ways the devil wheedles his way into human relationships with highly damaging effects.· Perversely, Tess adores this faintly sinister patriarch, and hopes to wheedle her way into his affections. to persuade someone to do or give you something, for example by saying nice things to them that you do not mean – used to show disapprovalwheedle something from/out of somebody She even managed to wheedle more money out of him.wheedle somebody into doing something You have to be able to wheedle your client into buying.wheedle your way in/into/out of etc Don’t think you can just wheedle your way in here! |