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Antonyms for cajole
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuh-johl |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈdʒoʊl |
Definition of cajole
Origin :- 1640s, from French cajoler "to cajole, wheedle, coax," perhaps a blend of Middle French cageoler "to chatter like a jay" (16c., from gajole, southern diminutive of geai "jay;" see jay (n.)), and Old French gaioler "to cage, entice into a cage" (see jail (n.)). Related: Cajoled; cajoling.
- verb attempt to coax; flatter
- Her voice was that with which one seeks to cajole a terrified infant.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It takes something more than words to cajole them to do our will, to cover us with glory.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- It was as if they were all leagued in a conspiracy to deceive and cajole.
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
- How he managed to cajole the publishers in the beginning he does not tell us.
- Extract from : « Confessions of a Book-Lover » by Maurice Francis Egan
- She tried to argue, to cajole, and to appear defiant, but all was useless.
- Extract from : « The Golden Face » by William Le Queux
- You cannot cajole it put of me, you cannot steal it from me.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Paw » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- She was willing to cajole, to cater in order to win friendship.
- Extract from : « Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall » by Jean K. Baird
- Then when I try to cajole them into the henhouse they fly all ways.
- Extract from : « The Youngest Girl in the Fifth » by Angela Brazil
- That evening she managed to cajole Father for a short stroll on the moor.
- Extract from : « The Youngest Girl in the Fifth » by Angela Brazil
- Ever there were his insidious wiles to compromise, cajole, trick and betray them.
- Extract from : « The Devil » by Joseph O'Brien
Synonyms for cajole
- apple polish
- argue into
- banter
- beguile
- blandish
- bootlick
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- con
- crowd
- deceive
- decoy
- delude
- dupe
- entice
- entrap
- get around
- get next to
- hand a line
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- lure
- make up to
- maneuver
- massage
- mislead
- oil
- play up to
- push
- rub the right way
- seduce
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- tantalize
- tempt
- urge
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
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