'Wheedling' definitions:
Definition of 'wheedling'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of urging by means of teasing or flattery [syn: blandishment, wheedling]
Definition of 'Wheedling'
From: GCIDE
- Wheedle \Whee"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheedled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheedling.] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen to blow, and E. wind, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax. [1913 Webster]
- The unlucky art of wheedling fools. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- And wheedle a world that loves him not. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To grain, or get away, by flattery. [1913 Webster]
- A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her. --Congreve. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wheedling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulation,
- adulatory,
- allurement,
- bland,
- blandishing,
- blandishment,
- blarney,
- blarneying,
- bunkum,
- buttery,
- buttonholing,
- cajolement,
- cajolery,
- cajoling,
- coaxing,
- compliment,
- complimentary,
- conning,
- courtierly,
- courtly,
- demanding,
- dunning,
- engagement,
- enlistment,
- exhortation,
- exhortative,
- exhortatory,
- eyewash,
- fair words,
- fair-spoken,
- fawning,
- fine-spoken,
- flattering,
- flattery,
- fulsome,
- grease,
- gushing,
- honey-mouthed,
- honey-tongued,
- honeyed,
- honeyed phrases,
- honeyed words,
- hortation,
- hortative,
- hortatory,
- importunate,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- incense,
- inducement,
- insincere,
- insinuating,
- insistent,
- jawboning,
- lobbying,
- mealymouthed,
- nagging,
- obsequious,
- oil,
- oily,
- oily-tongued,
- palaver,
- persuading,
- persuasion,
- persuasive,
- pestering,
- plaguing,
- plying,
- praise,
- preaching,
- preachment,
- pressing,
- pressure,
- pretty lies,
- sales talk,
- salesmanship,
- selling,
- slimy,
- slobbery,
- smarmy,
- smooth,
- smooth-spoken,
- smooth-tongued,
- snow job,
- soap,
- soapy,
- soft soap,
- soft-soaping,
- solicitation,
- suasion,
- suasive,
- sweet nothings,
- sweet talk,
- sweet words,
- sycophancy,
- sycophantic,
- teasing,
- unctuous,
- urgency,
- urgent,
- urging,
- working on