blandishes
Cajoles with praise
Blandishes means coaxes or flatters with gentle, persuasive words.
Someone who blandishes uses charm and soft speech to win favor or compliance: He blandishes her with compliments until she agrees.
The word carries a faint whiff of insincerity—the flattery serves the flatterer's purposes.
Praises insincerely for advantage
- cajolesPersuades by flattery
- coaxesPersuades through gentle urging
- wheedlesPersuades by flattering
- sweet-talksPersuades through flattery
charms · entices · woos · beguiles · allures · tempts · lures · seduces
Causes false belief
- manipulatesControls through cunning
- schemesCrafty organized plans
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
ulterior motives · false praise · duplicity · guile · artifice · disingenuous · calculated · exploits
flatters
Praises insincerely for advantage
sweet-talks · charms · entices · woos · beguiles · allures · tempts · lures · seduces · inveigles
deceives
Causes false belief
- manipulatesControls through cunning
- schemesCrafty organized plans
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
insincerity · ulterior motives · false praise · duplicity · guile · artifice · disingenuous · calculated · exploits · self-serving