wheedled
Cajoled with flattery
Wheedled is the past tense of wheedle, meaning to coax or persuade someone through flattery, gentle urging, or persistent pleading: She wheedled her way into the exclusive party.
The word implies manipulation through charm rather than force—getting what you want by being sweet or persistent until resistance crumbles: He wheedled another cookie out of his grandmother.
Persuaded through gentle urging
- cajoledPersuaded through flattery
- sweet-talkedPersuaded through flattery
- charmedPleased or bewitched
- flatteredPleased by compliments
persuaded · beguiled · enticed · inveigled · soft-soaped · buttered up · smooth-talked · wooed
coaxed
Persuaded through gentle urging
- cajoledPersuaded through flattery
- sweet-talkedPersuaded through flattery
- charmedPleased or bewitched
flattered · persuaded · beguiled · enticed · inveigled · soft-soaped · buttered up · smooth-talked · wooed · won over
manipulated
Controlled through cunning
- exploitedUnfairly utilized for benefit
- playedEngaged in recreation
- connivedSecretly cooperated in wrongdoing
schemed · finagled · maneuvered · wangled · extracted · whined · pestered · nagged · guilted · pressured
pleaded
Asked with urgency
beseeched · whimpered · sulked · tantrum · puppy eyes · clung · tugged · pestered · nagged · relentless
- grovelingfawned, kowtowed, prostrated, bootlicked, toadied