Synonyms of blarneying

blarneying

verb

present participle of blarney

1

as in coaxing

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

attendants at the nursing home sometimes have to blarney the patients to take their medicine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coaxing
• blandishing
• wheedling
• luring
• cajoling
• enticing
• seducing
• begging
• palavering
• wooing
• urging
• sweet-talking
• buttering up
• soft-soaping
• wangling
• tempting
• beseeching
• charming
• juggling
• massaging
• adulating
• flattering
• overpraising
• importuning
• wiling
• finagling
• beguiling
• cozening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• teasing
• harassing
• nagging
• bugging
• pestering
• intimidating
• bullying
• forcing
• requiring
• compelling
• making
• bulldozing
• browbeating
• demanding
• obliging
• constraining
• coercing
• cowing

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• teasing
• harassing
• nagging
• bugging
• pestering
• intimidating
• bullying
• forcing
• requiring
• compelling
• making
• bulldozing
• browbeating
• demanding
• obliging
• constraining
• coercing
• cowing

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2

as in honeying

to praise too much

an eager, young assistant who blarneys the boss shamelessly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• honeying
• buttering up
• applauding
• belauding
• praising
• congratulating
• stroking
• commending
• massaging
• puffing
• flattering
• adulating
• blandishing
• overpraising
• hero-worshiping
• coaxing
• wooing
• soft-soaping
• wheedling
• fawning
• cajoling
• kowtowing
• complimenting
• extolling
• sucking (up to)
• toadying
• eulogizing
• hero-worshipping
• worshiping
• idolizing
• felicitating
• lauding
• ingratiating
• endearing
• gushing
• sweet-talking
• worshipping
• slavering
• slobbering
• romancing
• courting
• drooling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disparaging
• putting down
• decrying
• depreciating
• belittling
• bad-mouthing

• disparaging
• putting down
• decrying
• depreciating
• belittling
• bad-mouthing