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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