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wheedling

verb , present participle of wheedle

Synonyms and Antonyms of wheedling

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

wheedled him into doing their work for them

Synonyms of wheedling

blandishing, blarneying, cajoling, coaxing, palavering, soft-soaping, sweet-talking

Words Related to wheedling

adulating, flattering, overpraising

buttering up, charming, massaging, wooing

begging, beseeching, importuning, urging

beguiling, cozening, finagling, juggling, wangling, wiling

enticing, luring, seducing, tempting

Near Antonyms of wheedling

bugging, harassing, nagging, pestering, teasing

browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, cowing, intimidating

coercing, compelling, constraining, demanding, forcing, making, obliging, requiring

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