blandishment

[ blan-dish-muhnt ]

/ ˈblæn dɪʃ mənt /

noun

Often blandishments. something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc.: Our blandishments left him unmoved. We succumbed to the blandishments of tropical living.

Nearby words

bland, bland diet, bland out, bland-allison act, blandish, blandishment, blandishments, blandly, blank, blank cartridge, blank check

Origin of blandishment

First recorded in 1585–95; blandish + -ment

SYNONYMS FOR blandishment

flattery, cajolery, wheedling, ingratiation, fawning, blarney.

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Examples from the Web for blandishments

Big deal, you can almost hear Democrats collectively say, but these are the kinds of blandishments that get deals done.
The Tea Party’s Debt Triumph|Eleanor Clift|August 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
By what blandishments of bait he had ever been seduced into his present melancholy position was out of Arthur's power to imagine.
Cedar Creek|Elizabeth Hely Walshe
Too often the enemies of industrial freedom capture with the blandishments of vanity, the trusted leaders of reform.
The Stewardship of the Soil|John Henry Worst
He must be a madman who, without the lure of profit, lends an ear to the blandishments of knowledge.
The Life of the Fly|J. Henri Fabre

Sol, however, was not proof against the clever old gentleman's blandishments and fell for the suggestion.
Nat Goodwin's Book|Nat C. Goodwin
Mon Dieu, these rough Americans who knew not of the blandishments of absinthe and drank only the whisky!
Uncle Sam Detective|William Atherton Du Puy

British Dictionary definitions for blandishments

blandishments

/ (ˈblændɪʃmənts) /

pl n

(rarely singular) flattery intended to coax or cajole

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