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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: wheedling (0.02687 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to wheedling.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: wheedle
gait, menggaitkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: wheedling
wheedling
n : the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery [syn:
blandishment]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wheedling
Wheedle
\Whee"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Wheedled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Wheedling.] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a
dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen
to blow, and E. wind, n.]
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1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
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The unlucky art of wheedling fools. --Dryden.
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And wheedle a world that loves him not. --Tennyson.
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2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.
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A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate,
which I wheedled out of her. --Congreve.
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