cajole
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "cajole":
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
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