blandished
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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:
- (blandishment) flattery intended to persuade
- (blandishment) the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
- Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject.
- (blandishment) anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing
- (Blandishments) pleasant things you do or say about someone in order to persuade or influence them.
- (blandishments) flattering or ingratiating acts or remarks, meant to persuade.