English to Afrikaans Meaning of wheedle - flikflooien

Wheedle :

flikflooien

verb

truuk, steek, leep, flikflooien

Wheedle :: flikflooienWheedled :: wheedledWheedles :: wheedlesWheedling :: geflikflooi

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Definitions of wheedle in English

Verb(1) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Examples of wheedle in English

(1) He seems to be able to wheedle rides out of just about anybody.(2) As one reader who did manage to wheedle an answer out of me on the subject concurred with my original notion that the not-knowing was preferable to the knowing, I shall refrain from adding to your store of knowledge.(3) 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.(4) We do all the talking; we plead, wheedle , deny and cajole.(5) you can contrive to wheedle your way onto a court(6) With the new cameras will come no mercy, no human face to wheedle , cajole, or insult.(7) 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.(8) ├ö├ç├┐I'll give you one of these grown-up sweets if you keep walking,├ö├ç├û I wheedle , proffering a Tune.(9) This is another good reason to wheedle our way out of the marriage.(10) I'm just getting tired of people trying to wheedle your identity out of me.(11) 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.(12) 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.(13) These last few weeks, when the wheedlers hadn't yet taken over my classes, I was a little worried.(14) 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.(15) Different attendants had different styles, though; an older woman had a wheedlingly generous maternal manner and she spoke to us loudly and indulgently as if we were spoiled kids.(16) Shame he seems to have to rely on wheedlingly bland ballads to keep him on the radio though.

Related Phrases of wheedle

(1) wheedle ::

flikflooien

Related Phrases of wheedle

(1) wheedle ::

flikflooien

Synonyms

Verb

1. coax ::

coax

2. cajole ::

mooipraat

3. inveigle ::

verlei

4. induce ::

veroorsaak

5. entice ::

lok

6. charm ::

sjarme

7. tempt ::

versoek

8. beguile ::

verlei

9. blandish ::

vleien

11. persuade ::

oorreed

12. influence ::

invloed

13. win someone over ::

iemand oorwinning oor

14. bring someone around ::

bring iemand om

15. convince ::

oortuig

16. prevail on ::

heers oor

17. get around ::

kry rondom

18. sweet-talk ::

soet-praat

19. soft-soap ::

sagte seep

Different Forms

wheedle, wheedled, wheedles, wheedling

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