inveigle
Coax through charm
To inveigle is to persuade someone through flattery, deception, or persistent coaxing—to talk them into something against their better judgment.
You might inveigle your way into a party or inveigle a friend into lending you money.
The word carries a sense of cunning manipulation: She inveigled him into signing over the deed.
Often followed by "into."
Persuade through flattery
- wheedlePersuade through flattery
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
- soft-soapPersuade through flattery
- blandishCoax through flattery
coax · persuade · talk into · prevail upon · win over · flatter · charm · entice
Draw toward wrongdoing
- enticeAttract by offering appeal
- lureThing that tempts
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- captivateHold attention irresistibly
enchant · fascinate · bewitch · charm · siren · seduction · tantalize · mesmerize
Deceive or victim
- hoodwinkTrick into false belief
- bamboozleDeceive through cunning
- trickDeliberate deception
- misleadCause false belief
gull · con · defraud · swindle · hoax · ensnare · entrap · delude
Deliberate tactical movement
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- conniveSecretly cooperate in wrongdoing
finagle · wangle · engineer · orchestrate · plot · contrive · intrigue · strategize
cajole
Persuade through flattery
- wheedlePersuade through flattery
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
- soft-soapPersuade through flattery
blandish · coax · persuade · talk into · prevail upon · win over · flatter · charm · entice · lure
tempt
Draw toward wrongdoing
captivate · enchant · fascinate · bewitch · charm · siren · seduction · tantalize · mesmerize · spellbind
dupe
Deceive or victim
mislead · gull · con · defraud · swindle · hoax · ensnare · entrap · delude · fool
maneuver
Deliberate tactical movement
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
connive · finagle · wangle · engineer · orchestrate · plot · contrive · intrigue · strategize · outmaneuver
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- allureattraction, attract, magnetism, charisma, attractiveness
inveigledissuade
Convince not to
deter · discourage · disenchant · repel · put off
inveigh, inveigling, inveigled, inveighs, inveighed, inveigler, inveigles