jollied
Teased into compliance
Jollied is the past tense of jolly, meaning to encourage or coax someone along in a friendly, cheerful way: She jollied him into coming to the party.
To jolly someone is to keep their spirits up, often through flattery or good humor.
The phrase jolly along captures this sense of gently urging someone forward.
Persuaded through flattery
- persuadedLed to believe
- coaxedPersuaded through gentle urging
- sweet-talkedPersuaded through flattery
- encouragedGave support and confidence
nudged · urged · wheedled · teased · humored · charmed · flattered · placated
cajoled
Persuaded through flattery
- persuadedLed to believe
- coaxedPersuaded through gentle urging
- sweet-talkedPersuaded through flattery
encouraged · nudged · urged · wheedled · teased · humored · charmed · flattered · placated · appeased
brightened
Made more luminous
buoyed · perked · animated · invigorated · rallied · roused · bolstered · lifted · revived · gladdened
ribbed
With raised parallel lines
needled · razzed · mocked · twitted · chaffed · poked fun · ragged · gibed · jested · spoofed
jolliedbullied
Repeatedly mistreated by aggressors
threatened · intimidated · coerced · pressured · strong-armed
jollieddepressed
Persistently sad, spiritless
discouraged · disheartened · dispirited · demoralized · saddened
- get one's jolliesExperience enjoyment or excitement
jollity, jolliness, jollies, jolliest, jollier, jollification