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wheedle
What does wheedle mean?
wheedle (verb): to cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use wheedle in a sentence?
- I’d like one of those, too, if you can wheedle him into telling you where he got it. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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What does “wheedle” mean?
to cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery
Right! That's what “wheedle” means.
to admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
Not quite: that's what concede means.
to avoid, especially persistently; ostracize
Not quite: that's what shun means.
to overstate, to describe more than the fact
Not quite: that's what exaggerate means.
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