blandishing

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

Remember not to purchase overly deficient or long and overly average or profound pieces of womens plus size jewelry because they might not be useful and blandishing in the eyes of the PHAT woman.

Womens Plus Size Jewelry - Consummate for the PHAT Women by Queen B / Women's issues/gender studies community

You head to the counter, blandishing the gift card Aunt Hazel gave you three years ago.

The incredible shrinking gift card: fees eat up the value--at ... by Benet, Siobhan / Black Enterprise

Dominicus Mancinus's poem on the four cardinal virtues (1484) -- a work translated as The Mirrour of Good Maners by Alexander Barclay in 1520 and as A plaine Path to perfect Vertue by George Turberville in 1568 -- praises wise Ulysses for closing his ears to flatterers: "It is difficult to shut one's ears to blandishing words; and this accomplishment is considered an uncommon feat.

"Deaf as Ulysses to the Siren's Song": The Story of a Forgotten Topos ... by VREDEVELD, HARRY / Renaissance Quarterly

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