cajolery

  • 11cajolery — n wheedling, beguilement, beguiling, blandishment, blandishing, blarney, coaxing, palaver, Inf. soft soap, Inf. sweet talk, Inf. honeyed words, Sl. line, Sl. snow job; humoring, jollying, pandering to, catering to, Inf. stroking; flattery, Inf.… …

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  • 12cajolery — ca·jol·ery …

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  • 13cajolery — /kəˈdʒoʊləri/ (say kuh johluhree) noun (plural cajoleries) persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing …

  • 14cajolery — A deliberate attempt at persuading or deceiving an accused with false promises, inducements or information, into relinquishing his rights and responding to questions posed by law enforcement officers. State v. Davis, 73 Wash.2d 271, 438 P.2d 185 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 15cajolery — A deliberate attempt at persuading or deceiving an accused with false promises, inducements or information, into relinquishing his rights and responding to questions posed by law enforcement officers. State v. Davis, 73 Wash.2d 271, 438 P.2d 185 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 16cajolery — noun flattery intended to persuade • Syn: ↑blandishment, ↑palaver • Derivationally related forms: ↑palaver (for: ↑palaver), ↑cajole, ↑blandish ( …

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  • 17Cajoleries — Cajolery Ca*jol er*y, n.; pl. {Cajoleries}. A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. Infamous cajoleries. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 18blarney —  Cajolery. Flattery …

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  • 19flattery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Undue adulation Nouns 1. flattery, adulation, blandishment, cajolery; fawning, wheedling, coquetry, sycophancy, flunkeyism, servility, toadying, incense, honeyed words, flummery, blarney; lip service,… …

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  • 20Humbug — Hum bug , n. [Prob. fr. hum to impose on, deceive + bug a frightful object.] 1. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax. [1913 Webster] 2. A spirit of deception;… …

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