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v. To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole.

v. To obtain through the use of flattery or guile: a swindler who wheedled my life savings out of me.

verb-intransitive. To use flattery or cajolery to achieve one's ends.

v. To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.

v. To obtain something by guile or trickery.

v. To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.

v. To grain, or get away, by flattery.

verb-intransitive. To flatter; to coax; to cajole.

To entice, especially by soft words; gain over by coaxing and flattery; cajole; coax; flatter; hence, to hoax; take in.

To gain or procure by flattery or coaxing.

To flatter; coax.

n. One who wheedles; a cajoling or coaxing person.

n. A piece of cajolery; a flattering or coaxing speech; a hoax.

v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

"Ms. LENHART: We heard from teens who said, you know, when I want the yes, I'll go to the phone because my parents can hear my voice and I can kind of wheedle and I can charm them, and that's how I'm going to get what I want."

wheedled    wheedles    wheedling   

persuade   

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cajole    flatter    coax    get   

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