Never again will I hear from her a teasing whisper or soft blandishment, never again feel around me her tight embrace.
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Blandishment
//ˈblæn.dɪʃ.m(ə)nt//
Synonyms for "blandishment" (116 found)
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9 translations across 8 languages.
French
1 entries- blandice noun (flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade)
German
1 entries- Einflüsterung noun (flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade)
Italian
1 entries- blandizia noun (flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade)
Latin
2 entries- blandīmentum noun (flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade)
- dēlēnīmentum noun (flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طاتلو noun (flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade)
Spanish
1 entries- blandicia noun (flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade)
Turkish
1 entries- dil dökme noun (flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade)
Urdu
1 entries- ادا noun (flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade)
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Thus Her with Indignation frowning, ſtern, / With Tears, and Blandiſhments Æneas ſooth’d : / She bends here Eyes averſe upon the Ground ; / And by his Speech begun is mov’d no more, / Than a hard Flint, or fix’d Marpeſian Rock.
Source: wiktionary
She looked up as she heard his footsteps, and the gracious smile which her lips put on, was an invitation to make himself happy in a seat beside her. But he resisted the blandishment, and lifting his hat as he passed, with a smile in return, he soon disappeared from her presence, and joined the two who awaited him.
Source: wiktionary
Pat found subject and scene of his wooing unaltered, but all his specious blandishments could not induce the matured matron of 'Gi' Away Nothin' 'All' to join fortunes, though his perseverance would have delighted Bruce's spider.
Source: wiktionary
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