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• past participle of coax.
• past tense form of coax.

coaxed

American  

[kohkst] / koʊkst /

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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of coax.

Other Word Forms

• uncoaxed
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of coaxed

First recorded in 1825–35; coax ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; coax ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

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Example Sentences

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coaxed

He prepared the couple’s morning coffee while Ortiz coaxed him into finishing a smoothie she’d made for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Inside, under flickering lights, a group of reluctant strangers is coaxed into acting out, in a converted gymnasium, a wild tale promising redemption from agonizing tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

And the French pianist Michel Petrucciani, who, as a brilliant and precocious teenager in the 1980s, coaxed Mr. Lloyd out of a decade-long hiatus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

She is standing in front of The Barefoot Contessa with her dark hair coaxed into perky curls, wearing a matching aubergine button-down and skirt.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

I could feel all of it in the brief moment I had with him—the dignity and spirit that had coaxed equality from a place where none had existed.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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