Associations to the word «Wheedle»

Wiktionary

WHEEDLE, verb. To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
WHEEDLE, verb. To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.

Dictionary definition

WHEEDLE, verb. Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca