Antonyms for coaxes
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kohks |
| Phonetic Transcription : koÊŠks |
Definition of coaxes
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
- And theres a boy lives in our street that coaxes me to have a game with him once in a while.
- Extract from : « Letty and the Twins » by Helen Sherman Griffith
- When I get hold of you again, I'll see that no one coaxes you away.
- Extract from : « Helen Grant's Schooldays » by Amanda M. Douglas
- He bows to her, and coaxes her until he gets between her and the water so that she cannot escape him.
- Extract from : « Natural History in Anecdote » by Various
- It coaxes gold to the mint, keeps it there, and does away permanently with bond issues.
- Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
- She coaxes me to rush after her, so as to wean me away from her brood.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad » by Alan Douglas
- The doctor spoke in the tone of one who coaxes a spoiled child.
- Extract from : « Bunner Sisters » by Edith Wharton
- How can he be true to me if she coaxes him to woo her and if he puts his arm—I am losing him; I know it.
- Extract from : « Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall » by Charles Major
- She coaxes him again, and says: "Now tell me the secret of this great strength?"
- Extract from : « New Tabernacle Sermons » by Thomas De Witt Talmage
- Who coaxes the flowers from the ground, only that the frost may nip them?
- Extract from : « The Redemption of David Corson » by Charles Frederic Goss
- Yes sir, she prays for 'em, and she coaxes 'em, an' she never knows when she's beat; but they'll be too much for her.
- Extract from : « Bunch Grass » by Horace Annesley Vachell
Synonyms for coaxes
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