Wheedle
From Mereja Words
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English
Verb
Wheedle (third-person singular simple present wheedles, present participle wheedling, simple past and past participle wheedled) (transitive) and (intransitive)
- To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
- I'd like one of those, too, if you can wheedle him into telling you where he got it.
- To obtain something by guile or trickery.
Thesaurus
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
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Possibly from Old English waedlian (“to beg”).
