wheedle

Significado (Inglês)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
2. (transitive) To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.

Noun

A coaxing person.

Sinônimos

coax

cajole

flatter

sweet-talk

induce

blarney

entice

curry favour with

palaver

entreat

make up to

soothe

fawn

make much of

inveigle

worm oneself into smb.’s favour

worm oneself into smb.’s good graces

persuade

fascinate

cheat

comfort

soft-soap

tempt

console

urge

wangle

deceive

fawn on

appease

implore

ingratiate

allure

blandish

charm

trick

woo

fawn upon

lead up to

prevail upon

truckle to

humour

be deceitful

endear oneself to

flatter for a favour

pamper spoil coddle

plead with sweet words

talk amorously

talk sweetly

ingratiate ''oneself with so.''

adulate

curry favour ''with so.''

appeal

badger

🦡

beg

beseech

bluff

butter up

carney

conciliate

delude

elbow

endear

engineer

entrap

exhort

favour

finagle

fondle

fool

get

grovel

insinuate

invite

manipulate

mollify

nip

pacify

plead

praise

press

quieten

seduce

solace

toady

Traduções

amadouer

cajoler

abbetteln

vleien

beschwatzen

enjôler

engatusar

verblenden

trügen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʍiː.dəl/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: wedlen

Herdado de inglês arcaico: wǣdlian

Cognato com alto alemão médio: wadelen

In summary

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.