wheedle
verb (used with object)
to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts.
wheedler
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a word derived from
wheedle.
Example Sentences
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He is a charmer, a wheedler, a flatterer and an occasional bully.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2019
"Tell me a story, dear Tattah," said this born wheedler, patting my face with his little black paw.
From At Home with the Jardines by Lilian Bell
It forms as well the opportunity for the demagogue of to-day—for him who as suppliant for votes is a wheedler and as politician and lawgiver a trickster.
From Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum by James William Sullivan
"How well you play, dear!" said Natalie, the wheedler.
From Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest by William Sherman Potts
"What a young wheedler you are!" observed he, playfully rumpling up his son's fair hair.
From Ted and the Telephone by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
