Antonyms for coaxing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kohks |
| Phonetic Transcription : koÊŠks |
Definition of coaxing
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
- I kissed her, and answered in a coaxing tone, "It is Thursday, and I have no music lesson.'"
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- A trail of coaxing calls and offers followed Florent as he passed along.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- I am not used to coaxing people to work for me; it is usually the other way around.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "You can do what you like with me, with your coaxing and woaxing," said Nancy.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- To the abuse in front and the coaxing behind she was equally indifferent.
- Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
- But he would not be quiet, nor go into the house for all the coaxing.
- Extract from : « Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic » by Olive Thorne Miller
- Her nature was of a much too smiling order to need a great deal of coaxing.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- "You are putting it on," she interrupted in her seductive voice, with a coaxing intonation.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- It was with coaxing, manly respect that he reminded her of that.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- No one had heard it, and, after some coaxing, this is the tale he told.
- Extract from : « A Woman who went to Alaska » by May Kellogg Sullivan
Synonyms for coaxing
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