Blarney

/ˈblɑɹni/

Synonyms for "blarney" (70 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Noun(3 words)

soft soapcajolery coax

adulation banter blandish blandishment buncombe bunkum butter cajole cajolement cajolery

Verb(1 words)

cajole

Strong matches (21)

Verb(1 words)

coax

Noun(7 words)

coaxing deceive eloquence flatter flatteryfluid oratorygift of the gab

compliment con eyewashfair wordsfawning flannel flattery gabget aroundgrease honeyhoneyed phraseshoneyed words

Related words (35)

incense jollylay it on thickline oil palaverplay up topraisepretty liessoapsoft soapsoft-soapsoften upstring alongstrokesweet nothingssweet talksweet wordssweet-talk sycophancy

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wheedle wheedling

Verb(4 words)

inveigle palaver sweet-talk wheedle

Noun(9 words)

lie mislead palaver palter patter persuadesmooth talksweet talkwheedle

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries

artifact communication flattery influence persuade persuasion rhetoric speech stone talk

More specific

7 entries

Blarney Stonefolklore artifactglib talkpalaver pattersoft talksweet talk

Collocations

11 entries

Irish blarneyblarney speechblarney stoneblarney talkflatteryglib talkpatterpolitical blarneysmooth talksoft talksweet talk

Inflections

3 entries

blarneyed blarneying blarneys

Derivations

2 entries

blarneyer blarneying

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Blarney!

Source: tatoeba (6581111)

People have been sticking gum to the wall since the '90s, and travel website TripAdvisor calls it the second germiest tourist attraction in the world after Ireland's Blarney Stone.

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He is full of blarney.

Source: wiktionary

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