blandishment
Coaxing through praise
Blandishment is flattery or coaxing intended to persuade—gentle pressure dressed up as affection.
Usually plural: Despite her blandishments, he refused to change his mind.
The word carries a whiff of insincerity, suggesting the praise serves the flatterer's purposes rather than the recipient's merit.
Words expressing approval
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
ingratiation · obsequiousness · smooth-talking · pandering · toadyism · apple-polishing · bootlicking · schmooze
Persuade through flattery
- wheedlePersuade through flattery
- persuadeCause to believe
- urgeStrong inner drive
- convinceCause to believe
entreat · plead · importune · inveigle · beguile · sweet-talk · smooth-talk · coax
Attractive, tempting quality
- charmAttractive personal quality
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- beguilementCharming manipulation of attention
- captivationState of being fascinated
fascination · wiles · coquetry · flirtation · temptation · bewitchment · spellbinding · mesmerizing
Quality that attracts
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- lureThing that tempts
- baitLure for prey
- incentiveReward encouraging action
inducement · carrot · sweetener · come-on · hook · draw · attraction · invitation
Art of persuasive language
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- influencePower to affect others
- swayRock back and forth
suasion · convincing · compelling · lobbying · discourse · appeal · salesmanship · pitch
Force upon contact
- arm-twistingForceful influence tactics
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- strong-armingPressuring through threats
- pushingApplying force to move
bullying · intimidation · duress · cajoling · guilt-tripping · leveraging
compliment
Words expressing approval
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
sycophancy · ingratiation · obsequiousness · smooth-talking · pandering · toadyism · apple-polishing · bootlicking · schmooze · sugarcoating
cajole
Persuade through flattery
convince · entreat · plead · importune · inveigle · beguile · sweet-talk · smooth-talk · coax · soft-soap
allure
Attractive, tempting quality
- charmAttractive personal quality
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- beguilementCharming manipulation of attention
captivation · fascination · wiles · coquetry · flirtation · temptation · bewitchment · spellbinding · mesmerizing · enticing
allurement
Quality that attracts
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- lureThing that tempts
- baitLure for prey
incentive · inducement · carrot · sweetener · come-on · hook · draw · attraction · invitation · enticer
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
sway · suasion · convincing · compelling · lobbying · discourse · appeal · salesmanship · pitch · spin
pressure
Force upon contact
- arm-twistingForceful influence tactics
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- strong-armingPressuring through threats
pushing · bullying · intimidation · duress · cajoling · guilt-tripping · leveraging
- enticementsenticement, inducement, lure, allure, temptation
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments
- sycophancyfawning, toadying, groveling, kowtowing, brown-nosing
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- reliefrelief, phew, whew, ease, easing
- wileswiles, guile, cunning, craftiness, slyness
blandishmentcriticism
Judgment of faults
censure · rebuke · condemnation · reproach · denunciation
blandishmentthreat
Indication of potential harm
coercion · intimidation · compulsion · duress · force