'Wooing' definitions:
Definition of 'wooing'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Wooing'
From: GCIDE
- Woo \Woo\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wooing.] [OE. wowen, wo?en, AS. w?gian, fr. w?h bent, crooked, bad; akin to OS. w[=a]h evil, Goth. unwahs blameless, Skr. va?c to waver, and perhaps to E. vaccilate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To solicit in love; to court. [1913 Webster]
- Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes The image he himself has wrought. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. [1913 Webster]
- Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even song. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- I woo the wind That still delays his coming. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wooing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addresses,
- agacerie,
- allure,
- allurement,
- amorous pursuit,
- appeal,
- attraction,
- attractiveness,
- beguilement,
- beguiling,
- bewitchery,
- bewitchment,
- blandishment,
- cajolery,
- canvass,
- captivation,
- charisma,
- charm,
- charmingness,
- come-hither,
- court,
- courting,
- enchantment,
- enthrallment,
- enticement,
- entrapment,
- fascination,
- flirtation,
- forbidden fruit,
- gallantry,
- glamour,
- inducement,
- interest,
- inveiglement,
- invitation,
- magnetism,
- seducement,
- seduction,
- seductiveness,
- serenade,
- sex appeal,
- snaring,
- solicitation,
- suing,
- suit,
- tantalization,
- temptation,
- winning ways,
- winsomeness,
- witchery