wheedle

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.

   I’d like one of those, too, if you can wheedle him into telling you where he got it.

2. verb To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.
3. noun A coaxing person.

Similar words

cajole inveigle sweet-talk blarney coax palaver ply fleech ingle word

Often followed by

the and a out him her me his or

Word family

wheedled wheedles wheedling