wheedle-wheedle: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is wheedle?

  • To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole.
    Para persuadir ou tentar persuadir por bajulação ou astúcia; lisonjear.
  • To obtain through the use of flattery or guile: a swindler who wheedled my life savings out of me.
    Para obter através do uso de lisonja ou astúcia: um vigarista que me tirou minhas economias de vida.
  • To use flattery or cajolery to achieve one's ends.
    Usar bajulação ou cajolery para alcançar seus fins.