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Cajole

Cajole Meaning & Definition
Cajole Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cajole?

[v] influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cajole: blarney | coax | inveigle | palaver | sweet-talk | wheedle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cajole: adulate | advocate | allure | apply pressure | bait | bait the hook | bamboozle | beguile | beset | besiege | beslobber | beslubber | betray | blandish | bluff | bug | butter up | buttonhole | call on | call upon | cheat on | circumvent | coax | compliment | conceit | conjure | deceive | decoy | delude | diddle | double-cross | draw | draw in | draw on | dun | dupe | ensnare | entice | exert pressure | exhort | fawn upon | flatter | flirt | flirt with | forestall | gammon | get around | give the come-on | gull | high-pressure | hoax | hocus-pocus | hornswaggle | humbug | importune | insist | insist upon | inveigle | jawbone | juggle | lead on | let down | lobby | lure | make fair weather | mock | nag | nag at | offer bait to | oil the tongue | outmaneuver | outreach | outsmart | outwit | overreach | palaver | persuade | pester | pigeon | plague | play one false | plead with | ply | praise | press | pressure | push | put something over | recommend | rope in | seduce | slobber over | snow | soft-soap | string along | stroke | suck in | sweet-talk | take in | tease | trick | two-time | urge | wheedle | woo | work on

See Also | browbeat | bully | persuade | soft-soap | swagger | sway

Cajole In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*jole"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cajoled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cajoling}.] [F. cajoler, orig., to chatter like a bird in a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter, from the source of OF. goale, jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, dim. of cage a cage. See {Cage}, {Jail}.] To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle. I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a reception of my views. --F. W. Robertson. Syn: To flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap.

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