cajoled
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Verb
cajoled, past participle; cajoled, past tense; cajoling, present participle; cajoles, 3rd person singular present;
/kəˈjōl/,
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cajoled, past participle; cajoled, past tense; cajoling, present participle; cajoles, 3rd person singular present;
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Persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery
- - he hoped to cajole her into selling the house
- - she pleaded and cajoled as she tried to win his support
Web Definitions:
- (cajole) wheedle: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
- (cajole) To encourage or persuade by effort; to coax
- (cajole) (v.) to urge, coax (Magda's friends cajoled her into drinking too much.)
- (cajole) to use flattery to persuade
- (CAJOLE) To coax, to attempt to persuade by flattery or cunning. I like applying this definition of cajole to the gentle manipulation that we must use to gradually get our parrots used to new situations and objects.
- (cajole) (v) - to cheat by flattery
- (cajole) to coax with flattery or insincere talk.
- Encouragement ,often lengthy, to reassure and steer a pHD in the direction of something that will benefit them.