| Main Entry: | cajole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to coax; flatter |
Synonyms: |
apple polish, argue into, banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up, butter up, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, get around, get next to, hand a line, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, lure, make up to, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil, play up to, push, rub the right way, seduce, snow*, soap, soft-soap, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
bully, force, repel |
| Main Entry: | flatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment excessively |
Synonyms: |
adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up*, butter up, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, massage, oil, overpraise, play up to, praise, rub the right way, salve, sell, snow*, soft-soap, soften*, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, toady, wheedle, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, insult, offend |
| Main Entry: | misrepresent/misquote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie, distort |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, angle, beard, belie, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, cover up, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, give snow job, mangle, mask, miscolor, misinterpret, misreport, misstate, overdraw, overstate, palter, pervert, phony up, pirate*, prevaricate, promote, puff, skew, slant, snow*, spread it on, stretch, take out of context, throw a curve, trump up, twist, warp |
Antonyms: |
be forthright, be honest, explain |
| Main Entry: | wheedle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk into |
Synonyms: |
banter, blandish, butter up, cajole, charm, coax, con, court, draw, entice, finagle, flatter, inveigle, kowtow, lay it on, oil, persuade, seduce, snow*, soap, soft-soap, soften up, spread it on, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, worm |
| Main Entry: | butter up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charm someone with flattery |
Synonyms: |
adulate, bootlick, brownnose, build up, cajole, flatter, inveigle, lay it on thick, massage, play up to, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, work on |
| Main Entry: | sweet-talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flatter |
Synonyms: |
adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up*, butter up, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to, glorify, grovel, honey, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, massage, oil, overpraise, play up to, praise, rub the right way, salve, sell, slaver, snow*, soft-soap, soften*, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweeten up, toady, wheedle, work on, work over |