coaxed

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adjective
  1. influenced or persuaded to do something by gentle urging, smooth talk, flattery, etc.: A coaxed cat will make itself comfortable in your lap for a while, but a forced one will flat out refuse.

  2. obtained by gentle urging, sweet talk, flattery, etc.: The hotel owner eventually offered us a coaxed apology after much back and forth about the lack of cleanliness.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of coax1.

Origin of coaxed

1
First recorded in 1825–35; coax1 + -ed2 for the adjective senses; coax1 + -ed1 for the verb sense

Other words from coaxed

  • un·coaxed, adjective

Words Nearby coaxed

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How to use coaxed in a sentence

  • Why, I coaxed even dad over to camp once and I've always wanted Helena to go.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • Maloney collapsed visibly, and I gathered the wood over the fire and coaxed up a blaze.

    Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon Blackwood
  • Then I coaxed her and told her how much more it would mean to the poor ones, like myself, than it possibly could to those others.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • Then the drug was coaxed between the stricken man's teeth, and presently he opened his eyes once more.

    The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. White
  • He was a skittish horse, gentle, as Andy explained, but "pow'ful nervous—had to be sort o' coaxed along."