nnoun.actthe act of urging by means of teasing or flatterySynset:blandishment
Derivationally Related Form:blandishwheedle
Hypernyms:enticement temptation
Inherited Hypernyms:blandishmententicementinfluencecausingacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:ingratiationinsinuation
Full Hyponyms:ingratiation
vverb.communicationinfluence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flatteringSynset:blarney cajole coax inveigle palaver sweet-talk wheedle
Examples:- He palavered her into going along
Derivationally Related Form:coaxerwheedlingpalaverwheedlercoaxcajolerycoaxingblarney
Hypernyms:persuade
Inherited Hypernyms:wheedlepersuadeinduce
Direct Hyponyms:browbeatbullysoft-soapswagger
Full Troponyms:browbeatsoft-soap
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody into V-ing something | They --- him into writing the letter (apply to: coax, wheedle, cajole, sweet-talk)