persuasion; flattery
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Blandishment Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement.
blandishment
\blan"dish*ment\ (&?;), n. [cf. of. blandissement.] the act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. cowering low with blandishment. attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments.
blandishment
n
1. flattery intended to persuade [syn: cajolery, palaver]
2. the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery [syn: wheedling]
Afaeth = n. blandishment
Afiaeth = n. blandishment
Moethineb = n. blandishment
Moethusdra = n. blandishment
Mwythedd = n. emolliency, softness, blandishment
Speech or action that flatters and tends to coax, entice, or persuade; allurement -- often used in the plural.
EG.Yasin remained impervious to Selin's blandishments.
EG.Yasin remained impervious to Selin's blandishments.
Noun
1. flattery intended to persuade
(synonym) cajolery, palaver
(hypernym) flattery
(derivation) flatter, blandish
2. the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
(synonym) wheedling
(hypernym) enticement, temptation
(hyponym) ingratiation, insinuation
(derivation) flatter, blandish
Blandishment Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject.
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