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
- allure
- appeal to
- attract
- bait
- butter up
- captivate
- charm
- coax
- court
- dare
- decoy
- draw
- draw out
- entrap
- fascinate
- honey up
- hook
- incite
- induce
- influence
- instigate
- intrigue
- inveigle
- invite
- lead on
- make mouth water
- motivate
- mousetrap
- move
- oil
- persuade
- play up to
- promote
- provoke
- risk
- rouse
- seduce
- solicit
- stimulate
- tantalize
- test
- train
- try
- turn one's head
- wheedle
- whet
- woo
- adjure
- advance
- advise
- advocate
- appeal to
- ask
- attract
- beseech
- champion
- charge
- commend
- compel
- conjure
- counsel
- countenance
- drive
- egg on
- endorse
- entreat
- exhort
- favor
- fire up
- force
- further
- goad
- hasten
- impel
- implore
- incite
- induce
- influence
- insist on
- inspire
- instigate
- maneuver
- move
- plead
- press
- promote
- prompt
- propel
- propose
- push
- put up to
- rationalize
- recommend
- request
- sanction
- solicit
- speak for
- spur
- stimulate
- support
- tempt
- wheedle
- adjures
- advances
- advises
- advocates
- appeals to
- asks
- attracts
- beseeches
- champions
- charges
- commends
- compels
- conjures
- counsels
- countenances
- drives
- egg on
- endorses
- entreats
- exhorts
- favors
- fires up
- forces
- furthers
- goads
- hastens
- impels
- implores
- incites
- induces
- influences
- insists on
- inspires
- instigates
- maneuvers
- moves
- pleads
- presses
- promotes
- prompts
- propels
- proposes
- pushes
- puts up to
- rationalizes
- recommends
- requests
- sanctions
- solicits
- speaks for
- spurs
- stimulates
- supports
- tempts
- wheedles
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