单词 | soft-talk |
释义 | > as lemmassoft-talk soft-talk v. transitive to flatter, to cajole; = sweet-talk v. a. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > wheedle, coax, or cajole fleechc1425 coyc1490 flatter?a1513 cuittlec1565 smooth1584 ingle1602 cajole1645 collogue1660 wheedle1661 coax1663 to wheedle with1664 to cajole with1665 manage1677 whilly1721 carney1811 whillywha1816 canoodle1864 patise1891 schmear1910 sweet-talk1936 soft-talk1946 snow-job1962 1946 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Daily Gaz. 24 July 6/6 Grandpa bullied or soft-talked Grandma into seeing things his way. 1968 ‘B. Mather’ Springers x. 100 He asked peevishly when the hell we would be moving—and where? I soft-talked him and said any minute. 2006 Financial Times 13 July 11/1 He has just soft-talked his dying mother into signing everything to him in her will. < as lemmas |
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