blandishment

blandishment
Synonyms and related words:
adulation, agacerie, allure, allurement, appeal, artful endearments, attraction, attractiveness, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery, bewitchment, blandishments, blarney, bunkum, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, captivation, caress, charisma, charm, charmingness, coaxing, come-hither, compliment, conning, dunning, enchantment, endearment, engagement, enlistment, enthrallment, enticement, entrapment, exhortation, eyewash, fair words, fascination, fawning, flattery, flirtation, forbidden fruit, glamour, grease, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, hortation, importunateness, importunity, incense, inducement, interest, inveiglement, invitation, jawboning, lobbying, magnetism, nagging, oil, palaver, pat, persuasion, pestering, plaguing, plying, praise, preaching, preachment, pressing, pressure, pretty lies, sales talk, salesmanship, seducement, seduction, seductiveness, selling, sex appeal, snaring, snow job, soap, soft soap, soft words, solicitation, suasion, sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, sycophancy, tantalization, teasing, temptation, urgency, urging, wheedling, winning ways, winsomeness, witchery, wooing, working on

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  • Blandishment — Blan dish*ment, n. [Cf. OF. blandissement.] The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. [1913 Webster] Cowering low with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blandishment — index bribery, inducement, mention (tribute), persuasion, seduction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • blandishment — flattering speech, 1590s, from BLANDISH (Cf. blandish) + MENT (Cf. ment). Sense of attraction, allurement (often blandishments) is from 1590s …   Etymology dictionary

  • blandishment — [blan′dishmənt] n. 1. the act of blandishing; cajolery 2. a flattering or ingratiating act or remark, etc. meant to persuade usually used in pl …   English World dictionary

  • blandishment — noun Date: circa 1553 something that tends to coax or cajole ; allurement often used in plural …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • blandishment — /blan dish meuhnt/, n. 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. [1585 95; BLANDISH + MENT] Syn.… …   Universalium

  • blandishment — noun Flattering speech or actions designed to persuade or influence. See Also: blandisher …   Wiktionary

  • blandishment — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Excessive, ingratiating praise: adulation, blarney, flattery, incense2, oil, slaver. Informal: soft soap. Idiom: honeyed words. See PRAISE …   English dictionary for students

  • blandishment — blan·dish·ment || blændɪʃmÉ™nt n. persuasion; flattery …   English contemporary dictionary

  • blandishment — n. 1. Fascination, flattery, cajolery, cajoling compliment, artful caresses, coaxing, wheedling. 2. Caressing, caresses, endearment, soft words, expression of affection, billing and cooing, toying, fawning. 3. Delight, joy, pleasure, attraction,… …   New dictionary of synonyms

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