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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entice, manipulate |
| Synonyms: | allure, bait, bamboozle, beguile, blandish, butter, cajole, charm, coax, con*, decoy, egg on, ensnare, entrap, get around, honey*, hook, influence, jolly, lay it on thick, lead on, lure, maneuver, massage, oil, overdo it, persuade, play up to, rope in, seduce, snow*, soap, soften up, string along, stroke*, sweet talk, tempt, toll, urge, wheedle, work over |
| Antonyms: | disenchant, disgust, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sugarcoat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sweeten |
| Synonyms: | add sugar, add sweetening, alleviate, candy-coat, make more appealing, make sweet, mollify, pacify, soften up, soothe |
| Main Entry: | sway |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect |
| Synonyms: | bias, brainwash, carry, conduct, control, crack*, direct, dispose, dominate, get*, govern, guide, hold sway over, hook, impact on, impress, incline, induce, inspire, lead by the nose, manage, move, overrule, persuade, predispose, prevail on, put across, reign, rule, rule over, sell*, soften up, strike, suck in, touch, turn one's head, twist one's arm, whitewash, win over, work on |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sweeten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happy; appease |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, assuage, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, soften up, soothe |
| Antonyms: | displease, disrupt, trouble, worry |
| Main Entry: | wheedle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk into |
| Synonyms: | banter, blandish, butter up, cajole, charm, coax, con, court, draw, entice, finagle, flatter, inveigle, kowtow, lay it on, oil, persuade, seduce, snow*, soap, soft-soap, soften up, spread it on, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, worm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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