About The Word Blandishment

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Blandishment

Blandishment Meaning & Definition
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.

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