Antonyms for coax
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kohks |
| Phonetic Transcription : koÊŠks |
Definition of coax
Origin :- 1580s, originally in slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "a fool, ninny, simpleton" (1560s); modern spelling is 1706. Origin obscure, perhaps related to cock (n.1). Related: Coaxed; coaxing.
- verb persuade
- Coax him to let you teach him—and bear with him if he should sing out of tune.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Yates gathered some fuel, and managed to coax the dying embers into a blaze.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- What if he could coax her to go to Sunday school; perhaps it would do for her all that it had done for him.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- No matter how he might coax and try to make her smile, she would return no answer.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- As for her tryin' to coax him to leave her money, that's just rubbish.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- So he spent five frantic minutes trying to coax that envelope from under the door.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He kissed the old woman, and then she tried to coax him to eat.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- I'm a widower man, so there'll be nobody to coax it out of me.
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Lady Carwitchet was in ecstasies and tried to coax me into joining.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
- Next day we sighted four swordfish and tried in vain to coax one to bite.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
Synonyms for coax
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