Thesaurus / wheedling
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synonyms for wheedling
- adulatory
- bombastic
- buttery
- canting
- cloying
- coarse
- extravagant
- fawning
- flattering
- glib
- grandiloquent
- hypocritical
- immoderate
- ingratiating
- inordinate
- insincere
- magniloquent
- mealy-mouthed
- nauseating
- offensive
- oily
- oleaginous
- overdone
- saccharine
- sanctimonious
- slick
- slimy
- smarmy
- smooth
- suave
- sycophantic
- unctuous
- alluring
- cogent
- compelling
- conclusive
- convincing
- credible
- effective
- eloquent
- energetic
- forceful
- impressive
- influential
- inspiring
- logical
- plausible
- potent
- powerful
- valid
- convictive
- effectual
- efficacious
- efficient
- enticing
- forcible
- impelling
- inducing
- inveigling
- luring
- moving
- pointed
- seductive
- slick
- smooth
- soft sell
- sound
- stimulating
- stringent
- strong
- swaying
- telling
- touching
- unctuous
- weighty
- winning
- adulation
- allurement
- blarney
- cajolery
- coaxing
- enticement
- praise
- sycophancy
- fawning
- honeyed words
- sweet-talk
- sweet words
- adulation
- baloney
- blandishment
- cajolery
- coaxing
- compliments
- exaggeration
- eyewash
- fawning
- honey
- incense
- ingratiation
- oil
- overpraise
- a line
- inveiglement
- soft soap
- soft words
- sweet-talk
- seduction
- alignment
- blandishment
- brainwashing
- cajolery
- cogency
- con
- conversion
- enticement
- exhortation
- force
- goose
- hook
- inducement
- persuasiveness
- potency
- power
- pull
- sell
- squeeze
- alluring
- arm-twist
- hard sell
- inveiglement
- promote
- snow job
- soft soap
- sweet-talk
- winning over
- working over
antonyms for wheedling
MOST RELEVANT
- implausible
- impotent
- improbable
- incapable
- incredible
- ineffective
- invalid
- unbelievable
- unlikely
- unreasonable
- weak
- dampening
- discouraging
- disheartening
- ineffectual
- disability
- impotence
- incompetence
- ineffectiveness
- weakness
- atheism
- disbelief
- discouragement
- dissuasion
- hindrance
- prevention
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use wheedling in a sentence
"No compriendo," he stammered, though I had heard him use good-enough English of a sort in wheedling for tips.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELLThe lady in nankeen now began, in a wheedling, coaxing voice, to beg 'Kate' to appear.
THE MYSTERIES OF ALL NATIONSJAMES GRANTI think she must have had a kind of notion that it was a coaxing, wheedling little stool.
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTHCHARLES DICKENSHe had a way of speaking that sounded uncivil to ears attuned to the soft Irish accent and the wheedling tone.
THE WILD GEESESTANLEY JOHN WEYMANThe reason he was now become so wheedling and she so mysterious was (in brief) that they knew they were about to be sent to bed.
THE LITTLE WHITE BIRDJ. M. BARRIEOnly a little wheedling and fondling—only a kiss or two—and a lie or two!
MR. WITT'S WIDOWANTHONY HOPEDid you ever fail of anything when you put on that wheedling face and tone?
THE CLARIONSAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS“It's nothin' but the bill,” replied Silas, in a wheedling whisper.
PEMBROKEMARY E. WILKINS FREEMANThere was nothing wheedling about McIntyre at that instant; he was thoroughly incensed.
THE RED SEALNATALIE SUMNER LINCOLNNow Ill be bound that she has been wheedling you to get her off, Gavan, said the general, with genial banter.
THE SHADOW OF LIFEANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICKWORDS RELATED TO WHEEDLING
- adulatory
- bombastic
- buttery
- canting
- cloying
- coarse
- extravagant
- fawning
- flattering
- glib
- grandiloquent
- hypocritical
- immoderate
- ingratiating
- inordinate
- insincere
- magniloquent
- mealy-mouthed
- nauseating
- offensive
- oily
- oleaginous
- overdone
- saccharine
- sanctimonious
- slick
- slimy
- smarmy
- smooth
- suave
- sycophantic
- unctuous
- wheedling
- alluring
- cogent
- compelling
- conclusive
- convictive
- convincing
- credible
- effective
- effectual
- efficacious
- efficient
- eloquent
- energetic
- enticing
- forceful
- forcible
- impelling
- impressive
- inducing
- influential
- inspiring
- inveigling
- logical
- luring
- moving
- plausible
- pointed
- potent
- powerful
- seductive
- slick
- smooth
- soft sell
- sound
- stimulating
- stringent
- strong
- swaying
- telling
- touching
- unctuous
- valid
- weighty
- wheedling
- winning
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.