Advertisement

View definitions for wheedling

wheedling

noun as in blandishment

Advertisement

Discover More

Example Sentences

Sadly, it sounded a little wheedling rather than simply right (which he is).

"No compriendo," he stammered, though I had heard him use good-enough English of a sort in wheedling for tips.

The lady in nankeen now began, in a wheedling, coaxing voice, to beg 'Kate' to appear.

I think she must have had a kind of notion that it was a coaxing, wheedling little stool.

He had a way of speaking that sounded uncivil to ears attuned to the soft Irish accent and the wheedling tone.

The reason he was now become so wheedling and she so mysterious was (in brief) that they knew they were about to be sent to bed.

Synonym of the Day

Which one is a synonym for poetry?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 167 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wheedling, such as: adulatory, bombastic, buttery, canting, cloying, and coarse.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement