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Verb
/ˈ(h)wēdl/,
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wheedles, 3rd person singular present; wheedled, past tense; wheedled, past participle; wheedling, present participle;
  1. Employ endearments or flattery to persuade someone to do something or give one something
    • - you can contrive to wheedle your way onto a court
    • - “Please, for my sake,” he wheedled
  2. Coax or persuade someone to do something

  3. Coax or persuade (someone) to say or give something

  1. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
  2. (wheedling) blandishment: the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
  3. The Wheedle is the title character of a popular children's book by author Stephen Cosgrove. The character eventually evolved into a popular mascot generally associated with the city of Seattle.
  4. (Wheedling) In social science, seduction is the process of deliberately enticing a person to engage. The word seduction stems from Latin and means literally "to lead astray". As a result, the term may have a positive or negative connotation. ...
  5. To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery; To obtain something by guile or trickery
  6. (wheedling) persuading by flattery or gentle pleading; coaxing
  7. (wheedling) to to beguile via flattering words newsweek
  8. (v) - to influence, to entice with flattery
  9. Beg, or to cut a wheedle; to decoy by fawning or insinuation.
  10. here, meaning to compete for attention.
  11. (v.) to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end