propositioning
Suggesting intimate encounters
Propositioning is making a proposal to someone, almost always a sexual one.
The word implies directness that may be unwelcome: He was propositioning women at the bar all night.
Unlike asking someone out, propositioning suggests skipping courtship to suggest sex explicitly.
It can also mean soliciting prostitution: She was arrested for propositioning an undercover cop.
Actively seeking responses
- advancesForward movements or progress
- come-onAttempt to attract someone
- pickupSmall open-bed truck
- flirtingPlayfully showing romantic interest
seduction · wooing · enticement · overture · harassment · suggestive · inappropriate · unwanted
Delivering toward the plate
- deal-makingNegotiating agreements between parties
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- offerProposal to provide
- partnershipShared business arrangement
venture · investment · merger · acquisition · contract · terms · presentation · bidding
Able to persuade
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- influencePower to affect others
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
urging · appeal · entreaty · inducement · pressure · argument · rhetoric · overture
Suggesting indirectly
- implyingSuggesting without stating directly
- insinuatingIndirectly suggesting something
- intimatingConveying indirectly
- floatingStaying atop liquid
broaching · advancing · submitting · positing · raising · introducing · tendering · innuendo
soliciting
Actively seeking responses
flirting · seduction · wooing · enticement · overture · harassment · suggestive · inappropriate · unwanted · consent
pitching
Delivering toward the plate
- deal-makingNegotiating agreements between parties
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- offerProposal to provide
partnership · venture · investment · merger · acquisition · contract · terms · presentation · bidding · tendering
convincing
Able to persuade
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- influencePower to affect others
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
coaxing · urging · appeal · entreaty · inducement · pressure · argument · rhetoric · overture · cajolery
hinting
Suggesting indirectly
- implyingSuggesting without stating directly
- insinuatingIndirectly suggesting something
- intimatingConveying indirectly
floating · broaching · advancing · submitting · positing · raising · introducing · tendering · innuendo · subtext
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- intrusionsintrusion, intrude, intruder, intruding, barging in
propositioningrejecting
Refusing to accept
rebuffing · spurning · declining · turning down · refusing
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