4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wheedle \Whee"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wheedled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wheedling}.] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen to blow, and E. wind, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax. [1913 Webster] The unlucky art of wheedling fools. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] And wheedle a world that loves him not. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To grain, or get away, by flattery. [1913 Webster] A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her. --Congreve. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wheedle \Whee"dle\, v. i. To flatter; to coax; to cajole. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: wheedle v : influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: {cajole}, {palaver}, {blarney}, {coax}, {sweet-talk}, {inveigle}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 50 Moby Thesaurus words for "wheedle": adulate, advocate, apply pressure, banter, beset, besiege, beslobber, beslubber, blandish, blarney, bug, buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon, coax, compliment, con, conceit, dun, exert pressure, exhort, fawn upon, flatter, high-pressure, importune, insist, insist upon, jawbone, lobby, make fair weather, nag, nag at, oil the tongue, palaver, pester, plague, plead with, ply, praise, press, pressure, push, recommend, slobber over, soft-soap, sweet-talk, tease, urge, work on
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