Synonyms for cajolery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh-joh-luh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈdʒoʊ lə ri |
Top 10 synonyms for cajolery Other synonyms for the word cajolery
- a line
- acclaim
- acclamation
- adulation
- alignment
- allurement
- alluring
- appreciation
- approbation
- approval
- arm-twist
- attraction
- babble
- baloney
- blab
- blandishment
- blandishments
- blarney
- bootlicking
- bouquet
- brainwashing
- buttering up
- cajolery
- chatter
- chitchat
- clack
- coaxing
- cogency
- come hither
- come-on
- comp
- compliments
- con
- conference
- confirmation
- congratulations
- conversation
- conversion
- debate
- decoy
- dialogue
- discussion
- encomium
- enticement
- eulogy
- exaggeration
- exhortation
- eyewash
- fair words
- fascination
- favor
- fawning
- felicitation
- flatter
- flattering
- flattery
- fluid soap
- flummery
- force
- fulsomeness
- gab
- gallantry
- good word
- goose
- gratification
- hard sell
- hokum
- honey
- honeyed words
- honor
- hook
- incense
- inducement
- ingratiation
- insincere flattery
- inveiglement
- jive
- kudo
- laud
- laudation
- laurels
- lure
- mousetrap
- mush
- nobbling
- notice
- obsequiousness
- oil
- orchid
- overpraise
- palaver
- panegyric
- parley
- pat on the back
- persuasiveness
- plaudits
- posy
- potency
- power
- praise
- pretty speech
- promise
- promote
- puffery
- pull
- regard
- respects
- sanction
- seduction
- sell
- semifluid soap
- sentiment
- servility
- smoke
- smooth talk
- snare
- snow
- snow job
- soft soap
- soft words
- soft-soap
- squeeze
- stroke
- sweet nothings
- sweet talk
- sweet words
- sweetener
- sweetening
- sycophancy
- talk
- tantalizing
- temptation
- toadyism
- trap
- tribute
- truckling
- unctuousness
- veneration
- warm fuzzy
- wheedle
- wheedling
- winning over
- working over
Définition of cajolery
Origin :- 1640s, from French cajolerie "persuasion by flattery" (16c.), from cajoler (see cajole).
- As in persuasion : noun influencing to do, believe
- As in seduction : noun enticement
- As in blarney : noun flattery
- As in soft soap : noun liquid soap
- As in sweet talk : noun flattery for favor
- As in palaver : noun empty talk
- As in blandishment : noun flattery
- As in compliment : noun praise, flattery
- As in enticement : noun allurement; persuasion
- As in flattery : noun false praise, compliments
- The day of mere repression is drawing to a close, the day of cajolery is at hand.
- Extract from : « Socialism As It Is » by William English Walling
- They can resist appeals to their dearest prejudices and all kinds of cajolery.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- That was demanded; ever offered in cajolery to encourage my pistol practice.
- Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
- John went back to the house with no concealment and no cajolery.
- Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger
- Stand off, sir; cajolery will not do your work any more than threats.
- Extract from : « In the King's Name » by George Manville Fenn
- This cajolery took effect, and the Widow Vereker's soul softened.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- The cajolery was foolish, if an end was in view; the repression inefficient.
- Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith
- She was wholly feminine, and hence there was in her a trace of cajolery which she now used.
- Extract from : « The Candidate » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler
- Blinded by vanity, he was flattered and deceived by her cajolery.
- Extract from : « Lachmi Bai Rani of Jhansi » by Michael White
- He was a master of the arts alike of cajolery and intimidation.
- Extract from : « The Life of John Marshall Volume 3 of 4 » by Albert J. Beveridge
Antonyms for cajolery
- atheism
- belittlement
- blame
- castigation
- censure
- complaint
- condemnation
- criticism
- denunciation
- disability
- disapproval
- disbelief
- discouragement
- disfavor
- disgust
- dislike
- disregard
- disrespect
- dissuasion
- hindrance
- ignorance
- impotence
- incompetence
- ineffectiveness
- insult
- libel
- neglect
- offense
- opposition
- prevention
- quiet
- refusal
- repulsion
- silence
- slander
- veto
- weakness
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