wheedling

Speech parts

1. wheedling - Noun

2. wheedling - Adjective

3. wheedling - Verb

Meaning

of Wheedle

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

blandishment blarney influence oil smooth praise persuasion flatter incense oily flattering coax flattery inducement flannel
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Antonyms

vex opposition criticism abuse proud contempt
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Hypernyms

temptation enticement

Hyponyms

insinuation ingratiation

Examples

T is woman that seduces all mankind; By her we first were taught the wheedling arts. John Gay

To survive, you've got to keep wheedling your way. You can't just sit there and fight against odds when it's not going to work. You have to turn a corner, dig a hole, go through a tunnel - and find a way to keep moving. Twyla Tharp

Eaton thinks he still owns half of his polling company, but is soon informed by the new owner, a wheedling and ham-handed former office manager named Megassum, that he’d actually sold his interest to Baker before leaving for the war. Source: Internet

From the moment that Andy reveals his hustling ways—by wheedling an extra sawbuck out of Don for a bottle of booze—Don sees himself in the kid. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

wheedle someone into wheedler wheedlesome wheedlingly wheek wheel