wheedle

Signification (Anglais)

1. To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
2. To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.

curry favour with

make up to

make much of

worm oneself into smb.’s favour

worm oneself into smb.’s good graces

fawn on

fawn upon

truckle to

be deceitful

endear oneself to

flatter for a favour

pamper spoil coddle

plead with sweet words

talk amorously

talk sweetly

ingratiate ''oneself with so.''

curry favour ''with so.''

conciliate

endear

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʍiː.dəl/

Uncertain. Perhaps continuing Middle English wedlen (“to beg, ask for alms”), from Old English wǣdlian (“to be poor, be needy, be in want, beg”), from Proto-Germanic *wēþlōną (“to be in need”). Alternatively , borrowed from German wedeln (“to wag one's tail”), from Middle High German wedelen, a byform of Middle High German wadelen (“to wander, waver, wave, whip, stroke, flutter”), from Old High German wādalōn (“to wander, roam, rove”). In this case, it may be a doublet of waddle, or an independently formed etymological equivalent. The ⟨wh⟩ spelling (reflecting pronunciations with /ʍ/) is apparently unetymological.

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