wheedle
His mother wrote him long, wheedling letters.
A wheedling voice came through the keyhole.
She didn't answer, and his tone became softer and more wheedling.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Urging & persuading
ambulance-chasing
argumentation
badger
be/go on at someoneidiom
blag
blagger
get (something) through (to someone)
go on
hortatory
hustle
incitation
incitement
jockey
sucker
sway
uncoerced
unconvinced
unpersuaded
unpersuasive
unsalable
wheedling
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈwiː.dəl.ɪŋ/ us /ˈwiː.dəl.ɪŋ/
the act of trying to persuade someone to do something by saying nice things about them: 哄骗;用花言巧语说服;诓骗
The rule will spare you endless wheedling and whining from your child.这条规则会让你免受孩子无休止的哀求和抱怨。
By patient wheedling and soft talk I managed to persuade her.通过耐心的劝说和软磨硬泡,我成功地说服了她。
Seewheedle
Wheedling was not going to produce a different answer, she decided.
After five minutes of wheedling, they relent.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Urging & persuading
ambulance-chasing
argumentation
badger
be/go on at someoneidiom
blag
blagger
get (something) through (to someone)
go on
hortatory
hustle
incitation
incitement
jockey
sucker
sway
uncoerced
unconvinced
unpersuaded
unpersuasive
unsalable