Showing results for "wheedling"

present participle of wheedle.

wheedling

ADJECTIVE

fulsome

Synonyms

WEAK

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

Antonyms

WEAK

reasonable sincere

ADJECTIVE

persuasive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alluring cogent compelling conclusive convincing credible effective eloquent energetic forceful impressive influential inspiring logical plausible potent powerful valid

WEAK

actuating 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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

implausible impotent improbable incapable incredible ineffective invalid unbelievable unlikely unreasonable weak

WEAK

dampening discouraging disheartening dissuasive ineffectual

NOUN

blandishment

Synonyms

STRONG

adulation allurement blarney cajolery coaxing enticement praise sycophancy

WEAK

fawning honeyed words sweet words sweet-talk

Antonyms

STRONG

criticism

NOUN

blarney

Synonyms

STRONG

adulation baloney blandishment cajolery coaxing compliments exaggeration eyewash fawning honey incense ingratiation oil overpraise

WEAK

a line inveiglement soft soap soft words sweet-talk

NOUN

persuasion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

seduction

STRONG

alignment blandishment brainwashing cajolery cogency con conversion enticement exhortation force goose hook inducement persuasiveness potency power pull sell squeeze

WEAK

alluring arm-twist hard sell inveiglement promote snow job soft soap sweet-talk winning over working over

Antonyms

WEAK

discouragement dissuasion hindrance prevention

Example Sentences

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Wheedling and wooing over sushi and Starbucks coffee, he made every college president, legislative leader and governor who supported him feel like a visionary, even as he outlasted, and out-earned, all of them.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016

Wheedling and mugging, he invites the other characters, and the audience, to laugh at and underestimate him.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2012

Wheedling, bullying, negotiating, persuading, he took charge of the process that led to the Dayton Accords signed in 1995.

From Time • Dec. 14, 2010

Wheedling, Mr. MacDonald called for "revision" of the Treaty of Versailles "not at the point of the bayonet, but at the point of reason."

From Time Magazine Archive

Tempting, or Wheedling, expresses itself much in the same way, only carrying the fawning part to excess.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton

wheedling

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