Cajole
[kə'dʒəʊl] or [kə'dʒol]
Definition
(v. i.) To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Coax, wheedle, flatter, fawn upon.[2]. Deceive (by flattery), delude, inveigle, entrap, impose upon.
Typist: Maxine
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tempt, lure, coat, flatter, wheedle, delude, cheat, inveigle, dupe
ANT:Chide, rate, scold, warn
Editor: Val
Definition
v.t. to coax: to cheat by flattery.—ns. Cajole′ment coaxing for the purpose of deluding: wheedling language: flattery; Cajol′er; Cajol′ery.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
v. t., From Grk. kalos, beautiful, and Eng. jolly, to jolly beautifully.
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Examples
- The socialism of the Fabians soon became a definite legislative program which the various political parties were to be bulldozed, cajoled and tricked into enacting. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- From Solomon downwards, have not wiser men than he been cajoled and befooled by women? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Come, Josh, he said, in a cajoling tone, give us a spoonful of brandy, and a sovereign to pay the way back, and I'll go. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That was generally a successful means of cajoling the old gentleman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Tabitha