WHEEDLE


Meaning of WHEEDLE in English

[verb] [disapproving] - to try to persuade (someone) to do (something) or give you (something) by praising them or being intentionally charmingShe's one of those children who can wheedle you into giving her anything she wants. [T usually + adverb or preposition]I was going to stay in, but Rosie wheedled me into taking her to the cinema. [T usually + adverb or preposition]She wasn't invited, but somehow she managed to wheedle her way in. [T usually + adverb or preposition]He wasn't going to tell me but I managed to wheedle it out of him. [T usually + adverb or preposition] I tried all manner of different approaches - I wheedled, threatened, demanded, cajoled. [I]

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.