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whee·dle  (hwdl, wdl)

v. whee·dled, whee·dling, whee·dles

v.tr.

1. To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole.

2. To obtain through the use of flattery or guile: a swindler who wheedled my life savings out of me.

v.intr.

To use flattery or cajolery to achieve one's ends.

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wheedler n.

wheedling·ly adv.

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wheedle [ˈwiːd^əl]

vb

1. to persuade or try to persuade (someone) by coaxing words, flattery, etc.

2. (tr) to obtain by coaxing and flattery she wheedled some money out of her father

[perhaps from German wedeln to wag one's tail, from Old High German wedil, wadil tail]

wheedler  n

wheedling  adj

wheedlingly  adv

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

wheedle - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, palaver persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" soft-soap - persuade someone through flattery browbeat, bully, swagger - discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

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wheedle

verb coax, talk, court, draw, persuade, charm, worm, flatter, entice, cajole, inveigle He managed to wheedle some more money out of me.

Translations

wheedle [ˈwiːdl] VT to wheedle sb into doing sth → engatusar a algn para que haga algo
to wheedle sth out of sb → sonsacar algo a algn

wheedle [ˈ^hwiːd^əl] vt
to wheedle sb into doing sth → obtenir que qn fasse qch à force de cajoleries
to wheedle sth out of sb → obtenir qch de qn à force de cajoleries

wheedle

vt to wheedle somebody into doing something → jdn überreden or herumkriegen (inf), → etw zu tun; to wheedle something out of somebody → jdm etw abschmeicheln

wheedle [ˈwiːdl] vt to wheedle sb into doing sth → convincere qn a fare qc con lusinghe
to wheedle sth out of sb (favour) → ottenere qc da qn con lusinghe (secret, name) → farsi dire qc da qn con lusinghe

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wheedle [ˈwiːdl] vt to wheedle sb into doing sth → convincere qn a fare qc con lusinghe
to wheedle sth out of sb (favour) → ottenere qc da qn con lusinghe (secret, name) → farsi dire qc da qn con lusinghe