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
Example sentences :
  • 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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