BLANDISHMENT Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

blandishment

noun

Definition of blandishment

as in cajolery

a nice thing that someone says or does to persuade another to do something He finally succumbed to his children's blandishments and allowed them to stay up past their bedtime.

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Recent Examples of blandishment The fateful lane change arose out of one mayor’s resistance to such blandishments. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 7 May 2020 Her 2014 autobiography, A Fighting Chance, and recent stump speeches are festooned in pep club spirit and folksy blandishments, cloying bits of business that have attached themselves to her life story. — Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2020 The region’s main powers, Australia and New Zealand, fear the creation of a mendicant state on their doorsteps, susceptible, in particular, to Chinese bribes and blandishments. — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019 Having failed to win the Japanese around with blandishments, an increasingly desperate-looking Senard has reached for the stick. — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for blandishment

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Noun

In 2018, at the urging of top FDA officials, the pharmaceutical company AbbVie and other drugmakers conducted the TRAVERSE trial to investigate potential cardiovascular issues linked to testosterone, as well as prostate cancer and bone fractures.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
The council vote this week rescinded the bans in discretionary zones, which had been established at the urging of former District 13 Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, who was defeated for reelection by Soto-Martínez in 2022.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of urging

Noun

Told that imitation is the highest form of flattery, Steele guffaws.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Scam Buster is a bot that will reply to scammers in your inbox, placating them with the same social engineering tactics that scammers use, such as impersonation, flattery, and urgent messaging.

— Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of flattery

Noun

Alicent makes similar entreaties to Rhaenyra, offering to divide the kingdom, with Aegon in charge of the stormlands, westerlands, the Reach and rule from Oldtown, with everything to the north going to Rhaenyra.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
These are the people who will likely be most amenable to negotiations or personal entreaties.

— Clio Chang, Curbed, 17 June 2026

Definition of entreaty

Noun

His character is a severe, hectoring figure; his lessons amount to an exhortation to be as mean as possible when money is concerned.

— Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026
The faith leader’s exhortation shows the depth of the divide in the Moskowitz-Larkin contest.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhortation

Noun

There’s no mistaking the pop sensibilities that made this song cross over for the country star, from the Carpenters-worthy soft-pop charm of that piano intro to the lush orchestration on the bridge.

— Ed Masley, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
From song to screen With her southern twang, witty charm and stunning looks, Parton was a natural in front of the camera.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

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