Wheedle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʍiː.dəl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Wheedle is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
Meaning
(ambitransitive) To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.
- (archaic) A coaxing person.
Example Sentences
Anyhow, you can't wheedle him this time. He's as bent as I am.
Though he had beaten me in every bone / He still could wheedle me to love.
I’d like one of those, too, if you can wheedle him into telling you where he got it.
[…]whether, after preventing her from being the wife of Sir Walter, he may not be wheedled and caressed at last into making her the wife of Sir William.
Word Forms
- wheedles
- wheedling
- wheedled
Synonyms for wheedle
Depending on context, synonyms include inveigle, sweet-talk, blandander, blandish, cajole, fast-talk.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cajole, inveigle, sweet-talk, blarney, coax, palaver.
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