Antonyms for cajoling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuh-johl

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈdʒoʊl

Definition of cajoling

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

Example sentences :

He rode after us with his Lowlanders, protesting, threatening, cajoling in vain.
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

His letters are skilful, even masterly, cajoling, yet characteristic.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 » by Mrs. Thomson

She stood ten minutes cajoling him, wheedling, coaxing, threatening.
Extract from : « In the Mist of the Mountains » by Ethel Turner

My mind is made up, Titus, and all your cajoling will not get me to change it.
Extract from : « I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon » by Richard Sabia

On the instant, the hypocrisy of cajoling was no longer possible.
Extract from : « Heart of the Blue Ridge » by Waldron Baily

I knew he didnt, even at the time she was flattering and cajoling us.
Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

No amount of coaxing, cajoling or cursing could bring him any nearer to capture.
Extract from : « The Crimson Thread » by Roy J. Snell

But coaxing and cajoling my mother got a hundred rubles out of him.
Extract from : « Hungry Hearts » by Anzia Yezierska

She was wearied of his simple ways, and sick of coaxing and cajoling him.
Extract from : « The History of Pendennis » by William Makepeace Thackeray

In her prime, the Baroness had been equally successful in cajoling women and men.
Extract from : « An Ambitious Man » by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Synonyms for cajoling

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