Found 3 items, similar to wheedle.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: wheedle
gait, menggaitkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: wheedle
wheedle
v : influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
flattering;
“He palavered her into going along” [syn:
cajole,
palaver,
blarney,
coax,
sweet-talk,
inveigle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wheedle
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.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
[1913 Webster]
The unlucky art of wheedling fools. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
And wheedle a world that loves him not. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.
[1913 Webster]
A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate,
which I wheedled out of her. --Congreve.
[1913 Webster]
Wheedle
\Whee"dle\, v. i.
To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
[1913 Webster]