Rečnik zanimljivih engleskih reči - wheedle

wheedle
Pronunciation: /ˈwiːd(ə)l/

verb
-dled, -dling.

1. to try to influence (a person) by flattering or beguiling words or acts; cajole.

2. to persuade (a person) by such words or acts: She wheedled him into going with her.

3. to obtain (something) by artful persuasions: I wheedled a new car out of my father.

4. to use beguiling or artful persuasions.

Other example citations:
use endearments or flattery to persuade someone to do something or give one something: she wheedled her way on to the guest list [with object]:she had wheedled us into employing her brother

Derivatives
noun – wheedler
adverb – wheedlingly

Origin:
Mid 17th century: perhaps from German wedeln ‘cringe, fawn’, from Wedel ‘tail, fan’

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