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cajole
Synonyms and Antonyms of cajole
to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery cajoled her into doing his laundry for him Synonyms of cajole blandish, blarney, coax, palaver, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedleWords Related to cajole adulate, flatter, overpraise; butter up, charm, massage, woo; beg, beseech, importune, urge; beguile, cozen, finagle, juggle, wangle, wile; entice, lure, seduce, temptNear Antonyms of cajole bug, harass, nag, pester, tease; browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, intimidate; coerce, compel, constrain, demand, force, make, oblige, require
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