Cajole

Word CAJOLE
Character 6
Hyphenation ca jole
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Definitions and meanings of "Cajole"

What do we mean by cajole?

To persuade by flattery, gentle pleading, or insincere language. intransitive verb

To elicit or obtain by flattery, gentle pleading, or insincere language. intransitive verb

To use flattery, pleading, or insincere language in an attempt to persuade someone to do something. intransitive verb

To deceive or delude by flattery, specious promises, simulated compliance with another's wishes, and the like; wheedle; coax.

To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle. intransitive verb

To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, often by flattery; to coax. verb

Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering verb

To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.

To force someone into doing something they don't really want to do Urban Dictionary

The Act of Taking a Shit, To Shit Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cajole

The word "cajole" in example sentences

Why are our trained warriors risking their lives to "cajole" a vindictive Shia government to help poor Sunni squatters? ❋ Unknown (2007)

And then kind of cajole and push and say why certain things should work and certain things wouldn't work. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Austin's comment reflects the fact that software companies like IBM and Microsoft usually "cajole" their customers into buying more licences than they need - hence the difference between software sold versus software used. ❋ Moneycontrol.com [email protected] (2010)

Scotland on Sunday understands that Hazel Blears, who resigned from the Cabinet on Wednesday, attempted to "cajole" several other ministers to quit on Thursday in a bid to force Brown out.

"cajole" companies, power ultimately lay with consumers, who should reject products which failed to meet the guidelines. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What Sinclair didn't know was that O'Connor had a hidden agenda: to flatter, cajole, or bully him out of the race. ❋ Greg Mitchell (2010)

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak is pragmatic in using his cache to cajole the parties to the negotiating table, yet is unwilling to align himself too closely with the United States or to expend too much political capital on the peace process. ❋ Richard Eisendorf (2010)

You can beg, plead, bribe, cajole and threaten, but these tactics only achieve temporary acquiescence, and in the long run lose effectiveness entirely, forcing you to continually find ways to up the ante. ❋ Lori Day (2011)

Erpenbach responded that Fitzgerald repeatedly overreached in his efforts to cajole the Democrats back to Madison. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Convince, cajole, aggressively push China to drive domestic consumption, and have India, Brazil and a few other countries, maybe including Japan, push infrastructure spending much higher." ❋ Alan Murray (2011)

It's not as if our teacher had to cajole us into cooperation every day. ❋ Miriam Novogrodsky (2011)

And it will take strong inducements to cajole creditors into accepting an exchange. ❋ Matthew Dalton (2011)

[Melinda] [acted] as if she didn't want any, but Mike cajoled her into having a couple of [beers]. ❋ Mike (2003)

[Man], [i need] to [take] a cajole ❋ JCV (2004)

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