wheedles

VERB

talk into

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cajole finagle

STRONG

banter blandish charm coax con court draw entice flatter inveigle kowtow oil persuade seduce snow soap soft-soap sweet-talk worm

WEAK

butter up lay it on soften up spread it on sweeten up work on

Antonyms

STRONG

disenchant disgust dissuade offend repel repulse turn off

Example Sentences

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For one thing, “very” is a fraud, masquerading as a strengthener when it merely wheedles and pleads.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022

“At least we tried to make a movie. They can’t judge us for that,” wheedles director Darren at the end of the film, incorrectly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2022

THE young woman with the microphone cajoles, hectors and wheedles customers with the breathless enthusiasm of a livestock auctioneer at a county fair.

From Economist • Jul. 18, 2017

Wave your hands over and around two aerials emanating from a black box and hear all pitches of electronic wheedles.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2017

But the brook always whines and wheedles: “Don’t go, Ida B, don’t go. Nobody’s callin’ and they can wait, anyway.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan