Word

wheedle, v.
(wheedled, wheedles, wheedling)
freq. cnt. 1

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

blarney cajole coax inveigle palaver sweet-talk wheedle

sample sentences

"He palavered her into going along"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
They %s him into writing the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
They %s him into writing the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
They %s him into writing the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
They %s him into writing the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

coax coaxing coaxer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

wheedling wheedler

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cajolery

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

palaver

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

blarney

semantic pointers

hypernym

persuade

hyponym

soft-soap browbeat, bully, swagger