Word Meanings - CAJOLERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. "Infamous cajoleries." Evelyn.

CAJOLERY
A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. "Infamous cajoleries." Evelyn.
FAWN
A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck. 2. The young of an animal; a whelp. . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. Holland. 3. A fawn color.
FAWNINGLY
In a fawning manner.
COAXINGLY
In a coaxing manner; by coaxing.
FLATTERY
The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver
COAXATION
The act of croaking. Dr. H. More.
FAWN-COLORED
Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.
BLANDISHMENT
The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. Cowering low with blandishment. Milton. Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments.
FAWNER
One who fawns; a sycophant.
COAX
To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe. Syn. -- To wheedle; cajole; flatter; persuade; entice.
COAXER
One who coaxes.
WHEEDLE
1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax. The unlucky art of wheedling fools. Dryden. And wheedle a world that loves him not. Tennyson. 2. To grain, or get away, by flattery. A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate,
OUTFAWN
To exceed in fawning.