wheedles
Persuades through flattery
Wheedles means to coax or persuade through flattery, charm, or persistent gentle pressure.
Someone who wheedles uses soft words and ingratiation rather than direct demands: She wheedled her way into the exclusive party, He wheedled a raise out of his boss.
The word carries a slightly negative connotation—wheedling is manipulative, even if harmless.
Persuades through gentle urging
- cajolesPersuades by flattery
- sweet-talksPersuades through flattery
- flattersPraises insincerely for advantage
- charmsAttracts or delights
beguiles · soft-soaps · butters up · schmoozes · smooth-talks · entices · seduces · wins over
Asks humbly or desperately
- pleadsUrgently requests or beseeches
- whinesComplains in high-pitched tones
- poutsSulky facial expressions
- nagsPesters without ceasing
pesters · peevish · sulks · implores · beseeches · entreats · supplicates · puppy eyes
Removes or concentrated essences
- wanglesObtains through manipulation
- obtainsComes into possession
- securesMakes fast or safe
- elicitsDraws forth by effort
gets · procures · wrests · squeezes out · pries · maneuvers · angles for · teases out
coaxes
Persuades through gentle urging
- cajolesPersuades by flattery
- sweet-talksPersuades through flattery
- flattersPraises insincerely for advantage
charms · beguiles · soft-soaps · butters up · schmoozes · smooth-talks · entices · seduces · wins over · sways
begs
Asks humbly or desperately
- pleadsUrgently requests or beseeches
- whinesComplains in high-pitched tones
- poutsSulky facial expressions
nags · pesters · peevish · sulks · implores · beseeches · entreats · supplicates · puppy eyes · tantrums
extracts
Removes or concentrated essences
elicits · gets · procures · wrests · squeezes out · pries · maneuvers · angles for · teases out · draws out