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blandishments

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blandishments [ˈblændɪʃmənts]
pl n
(rarely singular) flattery intended to coax or cajole
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blandishments
plural noun flattery, compliments, coaxing, fawning, adulation, blarney, wheedling, sweet talk (informal), soft-soap (informal), sycophancy, flannel (Brit. informal), obsequiousness, cajolery, soft words, ingratiation, toadyism, false praise, inveiglement, honeyed words At first Lewis resisted their blandishments.
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blandishments [ˈblændɪʃmənts] NPL → halagos mpl, lisonjas fpl
blandishments [ˈblændɪʃmənts] npl (frm) → lusinghe fpl
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inquired Irais with a shocked face, "and had you lent a willing ear to the blandishments of ninety-nine before you reached your final destiny?
Elizabeth and her German Garden by Von Arnim, Elizabeth View in context
Edgewise moved along the oily deck, it operates like a leathern squilgee; and by nameless blandishments, as of magic, allures along with it all impurities.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
A woman is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or even sleeping; even when represented as a picture, she desires most of all to set off the blandishments of her beauty, and thus rob men of their steadfast heart
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
 
 
 
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