blandishment
21Flattery — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Flattery >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 flattery flattery adulation gloze Sgm: N 1 blandishment blandishment blandiloquence Sgm: N 1 cajolery cajolery Sgm: N 1 fawning fawning wheedling & …
22cajolery — noun flattery intended to persuade • Syn: ↑blandishment, ↑palaver • Derivationally related forms: ↑palaver (for: ↑palaver), ↑cajole, ↑blandish ( …
23wheedling — noun the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery • Syn: ↑blandishment • Derivationally related forms: ↑wheedle, ↑blandish (for: ↑blandishment) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
24Adulation — Ad u*la tion, n. [F. adulation, fr. L. adulatio, fr. adulari, adulatum, to flatter.] Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited. [1913 Webster] Think st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown from adulation? Shak.… …
25Entreaties — Entreaty En*treat y, n.; pl. {Entreaties}. 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. [1913 Webster] Fair entreaty, and… …
26Entreaty — En*treat y, n.; pl. {Entreaties}. 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. [1913 Webster] Fair entreaty, and sweet… …
27Smooth — Smooth, v. i. To flatter; to use blandishment. [1913 Webster] Because I can not flatter and speak fair, Smile in men s faces, smooth, deceive and cog. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
28Sooth — Sooth, n. [AS. s[=o][eth]. See {Sooth}, a.] 1. Truth; reality. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] The sooth it this, the cut fell to the knight. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. Shak. [1913 Webster] In good sooth, Its mystery… …
29Stoop — Stoop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stooping}.] [OE. stoupen; akin to AS. st?pian, OD. stuypen, Icel. st[=u]pa, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt. Cf 5th {Steep}.] 1. To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or …
30Stooped — Stoop Stoop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stooping}.] [OE. stoupen; akin to AS. st?pian, OD. stuypen, Icel. st[=u]pa, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt. Cf 5th {Steep}.] 1. To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to… …
