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CAJOLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does cajole mean?

• CAJOLE (verb)
The verb CAJOLE has 1 sense:

1. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Familiarity information: CAJOLE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CAJOLE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

blarney; cajole; coax; inveigle; sweet-talk; wheedle; palaver

Context example:

He palavered her into going along

Hypernyms (to "cajole" is one way to...):

persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cajole"):

soft-soap (persuade someone through flattery)

browbeat; bully; swagger (discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Sentence example:

They cajole him into writing the letter

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