Blandishing

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of blandish form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to charm and flatter; smooth and flattering, especially when disingenuous.

    "There was one Rumsey, a creature of Shaftesbury's, a man of very blandishing manners, with a sly, foxy expression of countenance, likely to put a physiognomist on his guard."

Synonyms

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alluringappealingappetizingattractivebeguilingbewitching

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"There was one Rumsey, a creature of Shaftesbury's, a man of very blandishing manners, with a sly, foxy expression of countenance, likely to put a physiognomist on his guard."

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