Synonyms for cajoling
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuh-johl |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈdʒoʊl |
Top 10 synonyms for cajoling Other synonyms for the word cajoling
- apple polish
- argue into
- beguile
- blandish
- bootlick
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- con
- crowd
- decoy
- get around
- get next to
- hand a line
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- lure
- make up to
- maneuver
- massage
- mislead
- oil
- play up to
- push
- rub the right way
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- urge
- work on
- work over
Définition of cajoling
Origin :- 1640s, from French cajoler "to cajole, wheedle, coax," perhaps a blend of Middle French cageoler "to chatter like a jay" (16c., from gajole, southern diminutive of geai "jay;" see jay (n.)), and Old French gaioler "to cage, entice into a cage" (see jail (n.)). Related: Cajoled; cajoling.
- verb attempt to coax; flatter
- He rode after us with his Lowlanders, protesting, threatening, cajoling in vain.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- His letters are skilful, even masterly, cajoling, yet characteristic.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 » by Mrs. Thomson
- She stood ten minutes cajoling him, wheedling, coaxing, threatening.
- Extract from : « In the Mist of the Mountains » by Ethel Turner
- My mind is made up, Titus, and all your cajoling will not get me to change it.
- Extract from : « I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon » by Richard Sabia
- On the instant, the hypocrisy of cajoling was no longer possible.
- Extract from : « Heart of the Blue Ridge » by Waldron Baily
- I knew he didnt, even at the time she was flattering and cajoling us.
- Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- No amount of coaxing, cajoling or cursing could bring him any nearer to capture.
- Extract from : « The Crimson Thread » by Roy J. Snell
- But coaxing and cajoling my mother got a hundred rubles out of him.
- Extract from : « Hungry Hearts » by Anzia Yezierska
- She was wearied of his simple ways, and sick of coaxing and cajoling him.
- Extract from : « The History of Pendennis » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- In her prime, the Baroness had been equally successful in cajoling women and men.
- Extract from : « An Ambitious Man » by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Antonyms for cajoling
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