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wheedle vi. 哄骗;
vt. 以甜言蜜语诱惑,用甜言蜜语骗 哄骗;以甜言蜜语诱惑,用甜言蜜语骗 wheedle v 1: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; " He palavered her into going along" [ synonym: { wheedle}, { cajole}, { palaver}, { blarney}, { coax}, { sweet- talk}, { inveigle}] Wheedle \ Whee" dle\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Wheedled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Wheedling}.] [ Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen to blow, and E. wind, n.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax. [ 1913 Webster] The unlucky art of wheedling fools. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] And wheedle a world that loves him not. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To grain, or get away, by flattery. [ 1913 Webster] A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her. -- Congreve. [ 1913 Webster]
Wheedle \ Whee" dle\, v. i. To flatter; to coax; to cajole. [ 1913 Webster] 50 Moby Thesaurus words for " wheedle": adulate, advocate, apply pressure, banter, beset, besiege, beslobber, beslubber, blandish, blarney, bug, buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon, coax, compliment, con, conceit, dun, exert pressure, exhort, fawn upon, flatter, high- pressure, importune, insist, insist upon, jawbone, lobby, make fair weather, nag, nag at, oil the tongue, palaver, pester, plague, plead with, ply, praise, press, pressure, push, recommend, slobber over, soft- soap, sweet- talk, tease, urge, work on
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