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wheedling

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Synonyms of wheedling

(Entry 1 of 2)

as in entreaty, coaxing

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for wheedling

blandishment,
cajolement,
cajolery,
coaxing,
entreaty,
exhortation,
urging

conversion,
convincing,
inducement,
inducing,
persuading,
persuasion,
suasion

seduction,
tempting

influencing,
prompting,
swaying

lobbying,
pressuring

brainwashing,
overpersuasion

wheedling

verb

present participle of wheedle

Synonyms & Antonyms of wheedling (Entry 2 of 2)

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

wheedled him into doing their work for them

Synonyms for 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 for wheedling

bugging,
harassing,
nagging,
pestering,
teasing

browbeating,
bulldozing,
bullying,
cowing,
intimidating

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

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“Wheedling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheedling. Accessed 9 Dec. 2021.

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