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Synonyms for blandish

  • verb

Most common

soft-soap coax cajole wheedle spin flatter

All synonyms

Verb

1. Cajole — to persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole

cajole, wheedle, sweet-talk informal, soft-soap, coax, inveigle, blarney, palaver, word dated, hum slang dated UK

Other

flatter, spin

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.

Related words

Word family
blandishment

Forms

Past participle
blandished
e.g. blandished → cajoled, wheedled, sweet-talked, soft-soaped…

Example sentences

  • coax Yanni tried to coax Skura into sending him money.
  • cajole He tried to cajole me into buying a candy bar for him.
  • wheedle I tried to wheedle him into telling me the answer.
  • spin After dinner, we took a spin around town in my car.
  • flatter I liked it when programs didn't try to flatter me.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
blandishsteady
coaxrising
cajolerising
wheedlerising
spinsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
hum1
4 letters
word1, spin1, coax1
6 letters
cajole2
7 letters
flatter2, blarney, palaver, wheedle
8 letters
inveigle

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cajole2 = 2 syllables).