BLANDISHMENTS

Meaning of BLANDISHMENTS in English

[plural] [noun] - pleasant words or actions meant to persuadeThe couple resisted the media's blandishments to reveal their wedding date.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

BLANDISHMENTS — n. nice and convincing words , flattery used to persuade, insincere compliments used to cajole
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BLANDISHMENTS — ■ plural noun flattery or kind words intended to persuade.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BLANDISHMENTS — / ˈblændɪʃmənts; NAmE / noun [ pl. ] ( formal ) pleasant things that you say to sb or do …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLANDISHMENTS — blan ‧ dish ‧ ments /ˈblændɪʃmənts/ BrE AmE noun [plural] formal [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: blandish 'to flatter' (14-21 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLANDISHMENTS — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something. ( FORMAL …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLANDISHMENTS — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something. (FORMAL) At …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BLANDISHMENTS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But he soon learned that such bribes and blandishments would not help his case. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLANDISHMENTS — n. 25B6; plural noun FLATTERY, cajolery, coaxing, wheedling, persuasion, honeyed words, smooth talk, blarney; informal sweet talk, soft soap, buttering …
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HONEY — I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English hony, from Old English hunig; akin to Old High German honag ~, and …
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HONEY — I. ˈhənē, -ni noun ( plural hon·eys or hon·ies -nēz, -niz) Etymology: Middle English hony, from Old English hunig; akin …
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COURT — I. ˈkō(ə) r]t, -ȯ(ə)r]t, -ōə]t, -ȯ(ə)]t, usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin …
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CAPTIVE — I. ˈkaptiv, -ēv noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin captivus, from captivus, adjective 1. : one captured …
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SWEET-TALK — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: sweet talk transitive verb : blandish , cajole , coax manages somehow to sweet-talk the showgirl into …
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BLANDISHMENT — -shmənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: blandish + -ment : speech, action, or device that flatters and tends to coax …
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BABE IN THE WOODS — phrasal : an innocent trusting guileless person especially in circumstances calling for sophistication or cunning made him an easy victim …
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SOOTHE — (a.) To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; …
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FLATTER — (v. t.) To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. …
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BLANDISHER — (n.) One who uses blandishments.
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SOOTHE — ( a. ) To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLANDISHER — ( n. ) One who uses blandishments.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLANDISHMENT — /blan"dish meuhnt/ , n. Often, blandishments . something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc.: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HONEY — I. ˈhə-nē noun ( plural honeys ) Etymology: Middle English hony, from Old English hunig; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOOTHE — adj to assent to as true. 2. soothe ·adj to assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by …
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