blandishing
Coaxing with compliments
Blandishing means coaxing or flattering with gentle, persuasive words—often to win someone over or get something from them.
The word carries a whiff of insincerity, suggesting charm deployed strategically: blandishing tones, blandishing promises.
She ignored his blandishing attempts to change her mind.
Persuading through flattery
- cajolingPersuading through flattery
- cooingSoft murmuring sounds
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- gentleSoft and kind
soft-spoken · imploring · pleading · entreating · beseeching · smooth-talking · ingratiating · appeasing
Able to persuade
- enticingPowerfully attractive
- beguilingCharmingly deceptive
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
- influencePower to affect others
rhetoric · eloquence · manipulation · seduction · tempting · luring · wooing · charming
Expressions of admiration
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
honeyed · silver-tongued · obsequiousness · bootlicking · toadyism · overpraise · fulsome · unctuous
wheedling
Persuading through flattery
- cajolingPersuading through flattery
- cooingSoft murmuring sounds
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
gentle · soft-spoken · imploring · pleading · entreating · beseeching · smooth-talking · ingratiating · appeasing · tactful
convincing
Able to persuade
influence · rhetoric · eloquence · manipulation · seduction · tempting · luring · wooing · charming · alluring
compliments
Expressions of admiration
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
sweet-talk · honeyed · silver-tongued · obsequiousness · bootlicking · toadyism · overpraise · fulsome · unctuous · smarm
blandishingthreatening
Expressing intent to harm
coercing · intimidating · bullying · demanding · menacing
blandishingberating
Harsh verbal criticism
castigating · rebuking · scolding · reviling · denouncing
blandishingconfronting
Addressing directly
challenging · leveling with · reproving · calling out · setting straight
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