Wheedling

Synonyms for "wheedling" (128 found)

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behavioral patternenticementinfluencenegotiation tacticpersonality traitpersuadepersuasion techniquepersuasivesocial influencespeech actstyletemptationtone

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Collocations

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political wheedlingsoft wheedlingwheedling appealwheedling approachwheedling influencewheedling languagewheedling remarkwheedling rhetoricwheedling smilewheedling strategieswheedling tacticwheedling tacticswheedling techniquewheedling tone

Inflections

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Sample sentences

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Then, in a soft, wheedling voice, "Canst thou not let me in, my little bird? Sure there are other lasses besides thyself who would like to trade with a poor peddler who has travelled all the way from Gruenstadt just to please the pretty ones of Trutz-Drachen."

Source: wiktionary

ESTRAGON: That would be too bad, really too bad. [Pause.] Wouldn't it, Didi, be really too bad? [Pause.] When you think of the beauty of the way. [Pause.] And the goodness of the wayfarers. [Pause. Wheedling.] Wouldn't it, Didi?

Source: wiktionary

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