| 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: | compliment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, flattery |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, acclamation, admiration, adulation, applause, appreciation, approval, blessing, bouquet*, buttering up, cajolery, commendation, comp, confirmation, congratulations, courtesy, encomium, endorsement, eulogy, favor, felicitation, good word, homage, honor, kudo, laud, laudation, laurels, notice, orchid, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, posy, regard, respects, sanction, sentiment, tribute, veneration, warm fuzzy |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration |
Antonyms: |
blame, censure, complaint, criticism, denunciation, insult, libel, slander |
| 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: | seduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enticement |
Synonyms: |
allurement, attraction, cajolery, come-on, inducement, lure, persuasion, tantalizing, temptation |
| Main Entry: | soft soap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid soap |
Synonyms: |
blarney, cajolery, flattery, fluid soap, semifluid soap |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | palaver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty talk |
Synonyms: |
babble, blab, cajolery, chatter, chitchat, clack, conference, conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, flatter, flummery, gab, parley, talk, wheedle |
| 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 |