Thesaurus / wheedle
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Bumper looked in Jimsy's and Wheedle's eyes, and saw they were pink, but he was still doubtful.
BUMPER, THE WHITE RABBITGEORGE ETHELBERT WALSHThey knew all the secrets of the ogress, and how to wheedle and coax her.
LEGENDS AND TALESBRET HARTEMaud believes that she can marry Clyde, and come back and wheedle me into taking them both into my good graces.
GUY KENMORE'S WIFE AND THE ROSE AND THE LILYMRS. ALEX MCVEIGH MILLERI thought it would be an easy matter to wheedle my doting uncle into taking us both back.
GUY KENMORE'S WIFE AND THE ROSE AND THE LILYMRS. ALEX MCVEIGH MILLERHow Gipsy managed to wheedle the cook nobody ever discovered, but she returned in a short time triumphantly carrying a tray.
THE LEADER OF THE LOWER SCHOOLANGELA BRAZILVery clever you were to wheedle it out of Harry, but it didn't do you much good.
NOTWITHSTANDINGMARY CHOLMONDELEYSure you think to wheedle me; would you have me imagine you do not love her?
DRYDEN'S WORKS VOL. 3 (OF 18)JOHN DRYDEN(In confusion, after a pause, aside) Is she laughing at me now, or trying to wheedle me into a good humour?
THE MIRROR OF TASTE, AND DRAMATIC CENSORSAMUEL JAMES ARNOLDHe could wheedle out rock-fish by the dozen while envious miners sat about him tugging hopefully at empty lines.
A MAID OF THE SILVER SEAJOHN OXENHAMHe's just goin' down to try to wheedle your sailors like he tried to wheedle you, and they're your men and he can't do it.
THE SKIPPER AND THE SKIPPEDHOLMAN DAYWORDS RELATED TO WHEEDLE
- abetting
- activating
- actuating
- arguing into
- breeding
- bringing about
- bringing around
- bulldozing
- cajoling
- causing
- coaxing
- convincing
- drawing
- drawing in
- effecting
- engendering
- generating
- getting
- getting up
- giving rise to
- goosing
- impelling
- inciting
- influencing
- instigating
- leading to
- making
- motivating
- moving
- occasioning
- persuading
- pressing
- prevailing upon
- procuring
- producing
- promoting
- prompting
- selling one on
- setting in motion
- soft-soaping
- squeezing
- steamrolling
- sucking in
- swaying
- sweet-talking
- talking into
- twisting one's arm
- urging
- wheedling
- winning over
- allure
- bait
- bamboozle
- beguile
- blandish
- butter
- cajole
- charm
- coax
- con
- decoy
- egg on
- ensnare
- entrap
- get around
- honey
- hook
- influence
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- lead on
- lure
- maneuver
- massage
- oil
- overdo it
- persuade
- play up to
- rope in
- seduce
- snow
- soap
- soften up
- string along
- stroke
- sweet talk
- tempt
- toll
- urge
- wheedle
- work over
- actuate
- advise
- affect
- allure
- argue into
- assure
- blandish
- brainwash
- bring around
- bring to senses
- cajole
- coax
- convert
- counsel
- draw
- enlist
- entice
- exhort
- gain confidence of
- get
- impel
- impress
- incite
- incline
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- lead
- lead to believe
- lead to do
- move
- prevail upon
- prompt
- propagandize
- proselyte
- proselytize
- reason
- satisfy
- seduce
- sell
- stroke
- sway
- talk into
- touch
- turn on to
- urge
- wear down
- wheedle
- win argument
- win over
- woo
- work over
- actuates
- advises
- affects
- allures
- argues into
- assures
- blandishes
- brainwashes
- brings around
- brings to senses
- cajoles
- coaxes
- converts
- counsels
- draws
- enlists
- entices
- exhorts
- gains confidence of
- gets
- impels
- impresses
- incites
- inclines
- induces
- influences
- inveigles
- leads
- leads to believes
- leads to does
- moves
- prevails upon
- prompts
- propagandizes
- proselytes
- proselytizes
- reasons
- satisfies
- seduces
- sells
- strokes
- sways
- talks into
- touches
- turns on to
- urges
- wears down
- wheedles
- wins argument
- wins over
- woos
- works over
- actuating
- advising
- affecting
- alluring
- arguing into
- assuring
- blandishing
- brainwashing
- bringing around
- bringing to senses
- cajoling
- coaxing
- converting
- counseling
- drawing
- enlisting
- enticing
- exhorting
- gaining confidence of
- getting
- impelling
- impressing
- inciting
- inclining
- inducing
- influencing
- inveigling
- leading
- leading to believing
- leading to doing
- moving
- prevailing upon
- prompting
- propagandizing
- proselyting
- proselytizing
- reasoning
- satisfying
- seducing
- selling
- stroking
- swaying
- talking into
- touching
- turning on to
- urging
- wearing down
- wheedling
- winning argument
- winning over
- wooing
- working over
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