sweettalking
Honeyed words flowing
Sweettalking is using flattery or charm to persuade someone, often with manipulative intent: He was sweettalking her into lending him money.
The term implies insincerity—the words sound nice but serve the speaker's agenda.
Also spelled as two words or hyphenated.
A sweettalk is an instance of such persuasion; a sweettalker is someone who does it habitually.
Expressions of admiration
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- butteringSpreading soft dairy fat
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
- ingratiationDeliberate favor-seeking behavior
fawning · blandishments · honeyed words · schmooze · apple-polishing · bootlicking · overpraise · smarm
Persuading through gentle persistence
- convincingAble to persuade
- cajolingPersuading through flattery
- wheedlingPersuading through flattery
- influencePower to affect others
inducement · enticement · negotiation · lobbying · suasion · rhetoric · advocacy · exhortation
Polished social manner
- smoothnessFreedom from irregularity
- affabilityWarm, friendly disposition
- genialityWarmth of manner
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
rapport · polish · tactfulness · courtesy · gallantry · gracefulness · amiability · cordiality
Intentional misleading of others
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- schemingCrafty and calculating
artifice · conniving · duplicity · wiles · insincerity · pretense · slyness · underhandedness
Playful romantic attention
- coquetryPlayful amorous behavior
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- romanceLove and its excitement
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
temptation · attraction · enchantment · captivation · charm offensive · amorous · wooing · come-on
compliments
Expressions of admiration
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- butteringSpreading soft dairy fat
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
ingratiation · fawning · blandishments · honeyed words · schmooze · apple-polishing · bootlicking · overpraise · smarm · toadyism
coaxing
Persuading through gentle persistence
- convincingAble to persuade
- cajolingPersuading through flattery
- wheedlingPersuading through flattery
influence · inducement · enticement · negotiation · lobbying · suasion · rhetoric · advocacy · exhortation · urging
suavity
Polished social manner
- smoothnessFreedom from irregularity
- affabilityWarm, friendly disposition
- genialityWarmth of manner
charisma · rapport · polish · tactfulness · courtesy · gallantry · gracefulness · amiability · cordiality · congeniality
deception
Intentional misleading of others
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
scheming · artifice · conniving · duplicity · wiles · insincerity · pretense · slyness · underhandedness · cunning
flirtation
Playful romantic attention
- coquetryPlayful amorous behavior
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- romanceLove and its excitement
allure · temptation · attraction · enchantment · captivation · charm offensive · amorous · wooing · come-on · lovemaking
sweettalkingberating
Harsh verbal criticism
dressing down · scolding · chewing out · browbeating · brutal honesty
sweettalkingstraight talk
Honest, direct communication
telling it like it is · brutal honesty · candor · frankness · directness
sweettalkingcandor
Unguarded truthfulness
sincerity · authenticity · straight shooting · honesty · transparency
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