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verb (used with object)
1.
to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
2.
to persuade (a person) by such words or acts: She wheedled him into going with her.
3.
to obtain (something) by artful persuasions: I wheedled a new car out of my father.
verb (used without object)
4.
to use beguiling or artful persuasions: I always wheedle if I really need something.
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Wheedle
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Origin:
1655–65; origin uncertain
1655–65; origin uncertain
Related forms
whee·dler, noun
whee·dling·ly, adverb
un·whee·dled, adjective
Synonyms
1. flatter, cajole. 2, 3. coax, beguile, inveigle.
1. flatter, cajole. 2, 3. coax, beguile, inveigle.
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Example Sentences
- She never uses tears to wheedle things out of me or cries if we have strong words.
- It takes some experience of the real world to realize that you can't wheedle your way past every deadline.
- He can hoot, humiliate, toady and wheedle with the best of them.
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Word Origin & History
wheedle
"to influence by flattery," 1661, perhaps connected with O.E. wædlian "to beg" (from wædl "poverty"), or borrowed by Eng. soldiers in the 17c. German wars from Ger. wedeln "wag the tail," hence "fawn, flatter" (cf. adulation).
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