💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wheedled"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| blandishmentnoun | (countable) Often in the plural form blandishments: a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade. |
| cajoledverb | (ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax. |
| wangledverb | (transitive) To obtain through deceitful or manipulative methods. |
| beggedverb | (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money. |
| finagledverb | (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. |
| weaseledverb | (transitive) To achieve by clever or devious means. |
| extortedverb | (transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity. |
| cajolingnoun | The act of one who cajoles. |
| bribedverb | (transitive) To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against their original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble. |
| wrangledverb | (transitive) To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. |
| coaxedverb | (transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something. |
| persuadedverb | (transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. |
| coercedverb | (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will. |
| cajoleverb | (ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax. |
| wanglingnoun | The act of one who wangles. |
| haggledverb | (intransitive) To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller. |
| cajolerynoun | cajolement |
| swindledverb | an American true crime podcast written and hosted by an anonymous man that uses the pseudonym "A Concerned Citizen". |
| coercingverb | (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will. |
| wheezedverb | To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. |
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