blandish

blan·dish (bl

sh)

tr.v. blan·dished, blan·dish·ing, blan·dish·es

To coax by flattery or wheedling; cajole.

[Middle English blandishen, from Old French blandir, blandiss-, from Latin blandr, from blandus, flattering; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

blandish·er n.

blandish·ment n.

blandish [ˈblændɪʃ]

(tr) to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax

[from Old French blandir from Latin blandīrī]

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Verb

blandish - praise somewhat dishonestly

flatter

soft-soap - use flattering talk on somebody

praise - express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"

adulate - flatter in an obsequious manner

stroke - treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss"

bootlick, kotow, toady, truckle, kowtow, fawn, suck up - try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"

brown-nose, butter up - flatter with the intention of getting something

Translations

blandish [ˈblændɪʃ] VT → engatusar, halagar

blandish

vt → schönreden (+dat)

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adulate
adulatory
Blandise
bootlick
brown-nose
butter up
disparage
fawn
flatter
Kotow
kowtow
née
praise
soft-soap
stroke
suck up
sweet-talk
toady
truckle

THE 1948 British-made yarn starred Linden Travers as the eponymous Miss Blandish with Jack La Rue as Slim Grisson, Walter Crisham and Eddie Schulz and MacDonald Parke as Doc.

Mail Box: Just ask by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)

In 1944, Orwell inveighed against James Hadley Chase's No Orchids for Miss Blandish (a poor imitation of William Faulkner's Sanctuary) as American-influenced fascist pulp, while the anti-noirish Agee described Billy Wilder's classic Double Indemnity as "tellable trash.

Welcome to Blood-Soaked Sin City, Frank Miller's Morbid Fantasia by Andrew Sarris / The New York Observer

In Raffles and Miss Blandish he called reading the "tough" pre-war thriller No Orchids for Miss Blandish "a header into the cesspool".

World narrowing: notes on Britain's culture-war by Colebatch, Hal G.P. / National Observer - Australia and World Affairs

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