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wheedles

verb , present tense third-person singular of wheedle

Synonyms and Antonyms of wheedles

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

wheedled him into doing their work for them

Synonyms of wheedles

blandishes, blarneys, cajoles, coaxes, palavers, soft-soaps, sweet-talks

Words Related to wheedles

adulates, flatters, overpraises

butters up, charms, massages, woos

begs, beseeches, importunes, urges

beguiles, cozens, finagles, juggles, wangles, wiles

entices, lures, seduces, tempts

Near Antonyms of wheedles

bugs, harasses, nags, pesters, teases

browbeats, bulldozes, bullies, cows, intimidates

coerces, compels, constrains, demands, forces, makes, obliges, requires

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