as in caresses
formal
nice things that you say or do to convince someone to do something
He found it hard to resist her blandishments and almost always ended up doing as she wished.
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adoration
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The adoration for the Italian characters grew as both filmmakers spent more and more time working with their mostly local crew on location.—
William Earl,
Variety,
6 June 2025 -
Hannah Einbinder, Natasha Lyonne and Jessica Williams embrace nudity, mutual adoration and finally learning to stop chasing each other's careers.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
5 June 2025
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“Blandishments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blandishments. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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