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Blandishment

Blandishment Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Blandishment? [n] the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery [n] flattery intended to persuade Synonyms \| Synonyms for Blandishment: cajolery \| palaver \| wheedling Related Terms \| Find terms related to Blandishment: adulation \| agacerie \| allure \| allurement \| appeal \| artful endearments \| attraction \| attractiveness \| beguilement \| beguiling \| bewitchery \| bewitchment \| blandishments \| blarney \| bunkum \| buttonholing \| cajolement \| cajolery \| captivation \| caress \| charisma \| charm \| charmingness \| coaxing \| come-hither \| compliment \| conning \| dunning \| enchantment \| endearment \| engagement \| enlistment \| enthrallment \| enticement \| entrapment \| exhortation \| eyewash \| fair words \| fascination \| fawning \| flattery \| flirtation \| forbidden fruit \| glamour \| grease \| honeyed phrases \| honeyed words \| hortation \| importunateness \| importunity \| incense \| inducement \| interest \| inveiglement \| invitation \| jawboning \| lobbying \| magnetism \| nagging \| oil \| palaver \| pat \| persuasion \| pestering \| plaguing \| plying \| praise \| preaching \| preachment \| pressing \| pressure \| pretty lies \| sales talk \| salesmanship \| seducement \| seduction \| seductiveness \| selling \| sex appeal \| snaring \| snow job \| soap \| soft soap \| soft words \| solicitation \| suasion \| sweet nothings \| sweet talk \| sweet words \| sycophancy \| tantalization \| teasing \| temptation \| urgency \| urging \| wheedling \| winning ways \| winsomeness \| witchery \| wooing \| working on See Also \| enticement \| flattery \| ingratiation \| insinuation \| temptation Blandishment In Webster's Dictionary \Blan"dish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. blandissement.] The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. Cowering low with blandishment. --Milton. Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments. --Macaulay.

Blandishment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blandishment?

[n] the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
[n] flattery intended to persuade

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blandishment: cajolery | palaver | wheedling

Blandishment In Webster's Dictionary

\Blan"dish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. blandissement.]
The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection
or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and
artful caresses; cajolery; allurement.

      Cowering low with blandishment.          --Milton.

      Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments.
                                               --Macaulay.

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