| Main Entry: | blandishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flattery |
Synonyms: |
adulation, allurement, blandishments, blarney, cajolery, coaxing, enticement, fawning, honeyed words, praise, sweet talk, sweet words, sycophancy, wheedling |
| Main Entry: | adulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic praise |
Synonyms: |
applause, audation, blandishment, bootlicking, commendation, fawning, flattery, sycophancy, worship |
Antonyms: |
abuse, criticism |
| Main Entry: | blarney |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flattery |
Synonyms: |
a line, adulation, baloney, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, compliments, exaggeration, eyewash, fawning, honey*, incense, ingratiation, inveiglement, oil, overpraise, soft soap, soft words, sweet talk, wheedling |
| Main Entry: | enticement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allurement; persuasion |
Synonyms: |
attraction, bait, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, come hither, come-on, decoy, fascination, inducement, inveiglement, lure, mousetrap, promise, seduction, snare, sweetener, sweetening, temptation, trap |
Antonyms: |
disgust, dissuasion, repulsion |
| Main Entry: | flattery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false praise, compliments |
Synonyms: |
adulation, applause, approbation, blandishment, blarney, bootlicking, cajolery, commendation, encomium, eulogy, eyewash, fawning, flattering, flummery, fulsomeness, gallantry, gratification, hokum, honeyed words, incense, ingratiation, jive, laud, mush, obsequiousness, palaver, plaudits, pretty speech, puffery, servility, smoke*, snow job, snow*, soft words, soft-soap, stroke*, sweet talk, sycophancy, toadyism, tribute, truckling, unctuousness |
Antonyms: |
belittlement, castigation, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense |
| Main Entry: | persuasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influencing to do, believe |
Synonyms: |
alignment, alluring, arm-twist, blandishment, brainwashing, cajolery, cogency, con*, conversion, enticement, exhortation, force, goose, hard sell, hook*, inducement, inveiglement, persuasiveness, potency, power, promote, pull*, seduction, sell*, snow job, soft soap, squeeze*, sweet talk, wheedling, winning over, working over |
Antonyms: |
discouragement, dissuasion, hindrance, prevention |
| Main Entry: | temptation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lure, attraction |
Synonyms: |
allurement, appeal, attractiveness, bait, blandishment, coaxing, come-on, decoy, draw, enticement, fancy, fascination, hankering, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, provocation, pull, seducement, seduction, snare, tantalization, trap*, yen |
Antonyms: |
discouragement, dislike, repulsion |
| Main Entry: | flirting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coquetry |
Synonyms: |
amorous, banter, beguilement, blandishment, dalliance, flirtation, ogling, philandering, pursuit, seduction, sport, toying, trifling, wantonness, wooing |
| Main Entry: | soft sell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | low-key sales pitch |
Synonyms: |
blandishment, low-pressure salesmanship, low-pressure selling, soft soap, sweet talk |
| Notes: | hard sell implies an aggressive approach toward a potential buyer; soft sell is a more subtle, suggestive approach |
| Main Entry: | sweet talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flattery for favor |
Synonyms: |
blandishment, blarney, cajolery, fair words, flattery, honeyed words, incense, insincere flattery, nobbling, smooth talk, snow job, soft soap, sweet nothings |