wheedle

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

wheedles

V_ing/Gerund

wheedling

V_ed/pp

wheedled

1.
(ambitransitive)To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
I’d like one of those, too, if you can wheedle him into telling you where he got it.
Đồng nghĩa: butter up, inveigle, sweet-talk, blandander, blandish, butter up, cajole, fast-talk, canoodle, carny, coax, collogue, croodle, engle, fleech, honey around, honey up, hum, ingle, inveigle, soap, soft-sawder, soft-soap, stroke, sweet-talk, tweedle, twist, wheedle, whilly, word
2.
(transitive)To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

wheedles

1.
(archaic)A coaxing person.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

butter upinveiglesweet-talkblandanderblandishcajolefast-talkcanoodlecarny coax colloguecroodleengle fleechhoney aroundhoney uphum ingle soapsoft-sawder

Cùng gốc / liên quan

wheedler wheedling wheedlesome

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Nguồn gốc từ

. Perhaps continuing Middle English wedlen (to beg, ask for alms), from Old English wǣdlian (to be poor, be needy, be in want, beg), from Proto-Germanic *wēþlōną (to be in need).