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blandishing

verb , present participle of blandish

Synonyms and Antonyms of blandishing

to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery

blandished her into doing their work for them by complimenting her shamelessly

Synonyms of blandishing

blarneying, cajoling, coaxing, palavering, soft-soaping, sweet-talking, wheedling

Words Related to blandishing

adulating, flattering, overpraising

buttering up, charming, massaging, wooing

begging, beseeching, importuning, urging

beguiling, cozening, finagling, juggling, wangling, wiling

enticing, luring, seducing, tempting

Near Antonyms of blandishing

bugging, harassing, nagging, pestering, teasing

browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, cowing, intimidating

coercing, compelling, constraining, demanding, forcing, making, obliging, requiring

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