- blandishment, wheedling - the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
--1 is a kind of enticement, temptation
--1 has particulars: ingratiation, insinuationDerived form: verb wheedle1
- wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
--1 is one way to persuade
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun wheedler1, noun wheedling1
They wheedle him into writing the letter