blandish
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blandishes, 3rd person singular present; blandished, past participle; blandished, past tense; blandishing, present participle;
/ˈblandiSH/,
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blandishes, 3rd person singular present; blandished, past participle; blandished, past tense; blandishing, present participle;
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Coax (someone) with kind words or flattery
- - I was blandishing her with imprudences to get her off the subject
Web Definitions:
- flatter: praise somewhat dishonestly
- (blandishment) flattery intended to persuade
- (blandishment) the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
- Emily Blandish is one of two main characters in the Time Hunter series published by Telos Publishing Ltd. She is a time channeller, which means that she is able to physically travel along people's timelines when she is working with a time sensitive, such as her friend Honoré Lechasseur. ...
- (Blandishes) Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject.
- (v.) to coax by using flattery (Rachel’s assistant tried to blandish her into accepting the deal.)