cajoles in English

verb

1

persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.

he hoped to cajole her into selling the house

synonyms: persuade, wheedle, coax, talk into, prevail on, sweet-talk, butter up, soft-soap, seduce, inveigle

verb

• persuade, wheedle, coax, talk into, prevail on, sweet-talk, butter up, soft-soap, seduce, inveigle
• palaver, inveigle, sweet-talk, blarney, wheedle, coax

Use "cajoles" in a sentence

1. Synonyms for Assures include convinces, reAssures, satisfies, persuades, guarantees, sells, tells, cajoles, inspires and promises

2. Top synonyms for Blandishes (other words for Blandishes) are ingratiates, toadies and cajoles.

3. Present participle of cajole The zookeeper was Cajoling the lion back into its cage.··the act of one who cajoles Threats and Cajolings failed to convince her.

4. “It cajoles, it implores, it reasons, it shouts,” is the way one writer described it, adding: “Whether consciously or subconsciously, all of us are affected, for better or for worse, by advertising.”

5. Inflections of 'cajole' (v): (⇒ conjugate) cajoles v 3rd person singular Cajoling v pres p verb, present participle: -ing verb used descriptively or to form progressive verb--for example, "a singing bird," "It is singing." cajoled v past verb, past simple: Past tense--for example, "He saw the man." "She laughed." cajoled v past p verb, past participle: Verb form used descriptively or to form