wheedle

wheedle
    v 1: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
         flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn:
         {wheedle}, {cajole}, {palaver}, {blarney}, {coax}, {sweet-
         talk}, {inveigle}]
    

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.]
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   1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
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            The unlucky art of wheedling fools.   --Dryden.
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            And wheedle a world that loves him not. --Tennyson.
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   2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.
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            A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate,
            which I wheedled out of her.          --Congreve.
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Wheedle \Whee"dle\, v. i.
   To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
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50 Moby Thesaurus words for "wheedle":
      adulate, advocate, apply pressure, banter, beset, besiege,
      beslobber, beslubber, blandish, blarney, bug, buttonhole, cajole,
      call on, call upon, coax, compliment, con, conceit, dun,
      exert pressure, exhort, fawn upon, flatter, high-pressure,
      importune, insist, insist upon, jawbone, lobby, make fair weather,
      nag, nag at, oil the tongue, palaver, pester, plague, plead with,
      ply, praise, press, pressure, push, recommend, slobber over,
      soft-soap, sweet-talk, tease, urge, work on