'Cajole' definitions:
Definition of 'cajole'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Cajole'
From: GCIDE
- Cajole \Ca*jole"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cajoled; p. pr. & vb. n. Cajoling.] [F. cajoler, orig., to chatter like a bird in a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter, from the source of OF. goale, jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, dim. of cage a cage. See Cage, Jail.] To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle. [1913 Webster]
- I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a reception of my views. --F. W. Robertson.
- Syn: To flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cajole'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulate,
- advocate,
- allure,
- apply pressure,
- bait,
- bait the hook,
- bamboozle,
- beguile,
- beset,
- besiege,
- beslobber,
- beslubber,
- betray,
- blandish,
- bluff,
- bug,
- butter up,
- buttonhole,
- call on,
- call upon,
- cheat on,
- circumvent,
- coax,
- compliment,
- conceit,
- conjure,
- deceive,
- decoy,
- delude,
- diddle,
- double-cross,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw on,
- dun,
- dupe,
- ensnare,
- entice,
- exert pressure,
- exhort,
- fawn upon,
- flatter,
- flirt,
- flirt with,
- forestall,
- gammon,
- get around,
- give the come-on,
- gull,
- high-pressure,
- hoax,
- hocus-pocus,
- hornswaggle,
- humbug,
- importune,
- insist,
- insist upon,
- inveigle,
- jawbone,
- juggle,
- lead on,
- let down,
- lobby,
- lure,
- make fair weather,
- mock,
- nag,
- nag at,
- offer bait to,
- oil the tongue,
- outmaneuver,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overreach,
- palaver,
- persuade,
- pester,
- pigeon,
- plague,
- play one false,
- plead with,
- ply,
- praise,
- press,
- pressure,
- push,
- put something over,
- recommend,
- rope in,
- seduce,
- slobber over,
- snow,
- soft-soap,
- string along,
- stroke,
- suck in,
- sweet-talk,
- take in,
- tease,
- trick,
- two-time,
- urge,
- wheedle,
- woo,
- work on