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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

wheedle
    v 1: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
         flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn:
         wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-
         talk, inveigle]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Wheedle \Whee"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheedled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Wheedling.] [Cf. G. wedeln to wag with the tail, as a
   dog, wedel a fan, tail, brush, OHG. wadal; akin to G. wehen
   to blow, and E. wind, n.]
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   1. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
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            The unlucky art of wheedling fools.   --Dryden.
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            And wheedle a world that loves him not. --Tennyson.
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   2. To grain, or get away, by flattery.
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            A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate,
            which I wheedled out of her.          --Congreve.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Wheedle \Whee"dle\, v. i.
   To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
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Thesaurus Results for Wheedle:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

adulate, advocate, apply pressure, banter, beset, besiege, beslobber, beslubber, blandish, blarney, bug, buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon, coax, compliment, con, conceit, dun, exert pressure, exhort, fawn upon, flatter, high-pressure, importune, insist, insist upon, jawbone, lobby, make fair weather, nag, nag at, oil the tongue, palaver, pester, plague, plead with, ply, praise, press, pressure, push, recommend, slobber over, soft-soap, sweet-talk, tease, urge, work on

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