Synonyms of wheedling

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noun

as in coaxing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coaxing
• entreaty
• cajolery
• persuading
• exhortation
• convincing
• inducement
• blandishment
• suasion
• inducing
• seduction
• persuasion
• conversion
• tempting
• prompting
• influencing
• lobbying
• urging
• cajolement
• swaying
• brainwashing
• pressuring
• overpersuasion

wheedling

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verb

present participle of wheedle

as in cajoling

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

wheedled him into doing their work for them

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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