wheedle
/ˈwiːd(ə)l/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈwiːd(ə)l/
wheedle
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
wheed - le -> wheedle
Myanmar meaning
မြှောက်ပင့်ခြင်း ၊ ချစ်ခင်ယုယခြင်းတို့ဖြင့် သိမ်းသွင်းဖြားယောင်းသည်။ တစ်ဦးတစ်ယောက်ထဲမှ တစ်စုံတစ်ရာကို လှည့်စား ၊ လိမ်ညာ၍ ရယူသည်။
Full entry
(က) ~ sth (out of sb) နားပူ နားဆာလုပ်သည်။ မြှောက်ထိုးပင့်ကော်လုပ်၍ အရယူသည်။ a wheedling tone of voice ❍ She wheedled the money out of her father. ❍ He managed to wheedle his way into the party. ❍ He wheedled his way into the building. ❍ ‘Oh go on, please,’ he wheedled.
(ခ) ~ sb (into doing sth) ပူဆာသည်။ ကပ်ချွဲသည်။ ကပ်နှူးသည်။
The children wheedled me into letting them go to the film.
More examples
- ‘The film-makers were busy on the lot or on location, but our producers, like Jacob, stayed in the tents, free to wheedle, convince and extort position from and in the studio system.’
- ‘Of course, she had no idea if she could talk her manager into stopping at some of these towns, but she could beg and wheedle and cajole if she had to.’
- ‘The story probably continued with a bit more wheedling and pleading, but I wasn't really listening.’
- ‘He is at the same time bullying and wheedling, but will, when cornered, reiterate the anodyne phrases he picked up on the intensive salesman's course.’
- ‘He wheedles that he was in Japan when it happened.’
- ‘For much of the film, Emily courts embarrassment with wheedling, flirtatious attempts to stop the girl's uptight uncle from taking her back to the States.’
- ‘A thousand bodies and they're already at the negotiating table with tails between their legs, probably wheedling and begging the resistance to pack it in.’
- ‘Roses voice was soft and wheedling, her smile saccharin sweet.’
- ‘We're meant to be talking about the phenomenon of plastic surgery and the potential risks it poses for patients, and instead I'm having my vital statistics wheedled out of me by a complete stranger.’
- ‘With the new cameras will come no mercy, no human face to wheedle, cajole, or insult.’
- ‘Despite the best intentions, one is tempted to bargain for a more advantageous position, to make or demand concessions, to wheedle and to coax, to impose one's agenda and vocabulary.’
- ‘We do all the talking; we plead, wheedle, deny and cajole.’
- ‘You view your employer more as an equal and you begin to think of ways that you can add value to your services instead of thinking of ways to wheedle more benefits from your feudal overlord.’
- ‘But then, 10 minutes later, he's still needling and wheedling so convincingly you start to flip-flop back to the earlier assumption that, self-effusing pretence or not, Alan Davies hates having his picture taken.’
- ‘He wheedled with a smile to show that he wasn't too serious.’
- ‘‘I'll give you one of these grown-up sweets if you keep walking, ’ I wheedle, proffering a Tune.’
- ‘Foreign managers also tell of other problems: differing objectives or partners wheedling to get associates into key posts.’
- ‘During all of this editorial project - all the boasting, praising, cajoling, and wheedling, indulging in witty asides - I've been staring fixedly into a computer screen.’
- ‘‘Lily really wants to get to know you better, ’ Morgan wheedled.’
- ‘Many of them command such skills as cajoling, wheedling, thundering, condescending
Synonyms
coax, cajole, inveigle, charm, persuade, talk, banter, blandish, butter up, cajolery, coax out, con, court, draw, draw out, entice, extract, finagle, flatter, flummery, get out, kowtow, lay it on, obtain, oil, palaver, seduce, snow, soap, soft-soap, soften up, spread it on, sweet-talk, sweeten up, talk into, winkle out, work on, worm
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