Cajole

Quick meaning: Cajole is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.

More Meanings

1. The act of cajoling.

Example Sentences

[W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.

He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.

Then he Cajol'd vvith his Brother, and perſvvaded him vvhat Service he had done him, […]

If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?

Word Forms

• cajoles
• cajoling
• cajoled

Synonyms for cajole

Depending on context, synonyms include coax, entice, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle, fast-talk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inveigle, wheedle, sweet-talk, blarney, coax, palaver.

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