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blarney
Blar·ney B0313500 (blär′nē) A village of southern Ireland near Cork. Blarney Castle (dating from the 15th century) is the site of the Blarney Stone, said to impart powers of eloquence and persuasion.
blar·ney B0313500 (blär′nē)n.1. Smooth, flattering talk.2. Deceptive nonsense.
[After the Blarney Stone in Blarney Castle, Blarney, Ireland.]
blar′ney v.blarney (ˈblɑːnɪ) nflattering talkvbto cajole with flattery; wheedle[C19: after the Blarney Stone]blar•ney (ˈblɑr ni)
n. 1. flattery; cajolery. 2. misleading nonsense. v.t., v.i. 3. to flatter or deceive with blarney. [1790–1800; alluding to the Blarney stone, in a castle near Cork, Ireland; it is said to impart skill in flattery to whoever kisses it] Blarney bartenders collectively—Lipton, 1970blarney
Past participle: blarneyed
Gerund: blarneying
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| I blarney | | you blarney | | he/she/it blarneys | | we blarney | | you blarney | | they blarney |
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| I blarneyed | | you blarneyed | | he/she/it blarneyed | | we blarneyed | | you blarneyed | | they blarneyed |
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| I am blarneying | | you are blarneying | | he/she/it is blarneying | | we are blarneying | | you are blarneying | | they are blarneying |
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| I have blarneyed | | you have blarneyed | | he/she/it has blarneyed | | we have blarneyed | | you have blarneyed | | they have blarneyed |
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| I was blarneying | | you were blarneying | | he/she/it was blarneying | | we were blarneying | | you were blarneying | | they were blarneying |
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| I had blarneyed | | you had blarneyed | | he/she/it had blarneyed | | we had blarneyed | | you had blarneyed | | they had blarneyed |
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| I will blarney | | you will blarney | | he/she/it will blarney | | we will blarney | | you will blarney | | they will blarney |
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| I will have blarneyed | | you will have blarneyed | | he/she/it will have blarneyed | | we will have blarneyed | | you will have blarneyed | | they will have blarneyed |
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| I will be blarneying | | you will be blarneying | | he/she/it will be blarneying | | we will be blarneying | | you will be blarneying | | they will be blarneying |
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| I have been blarneying | | you have been blarneying | | he/she/it has been blarneying | | we have been blarneying | | you have been blarneying | | they have been blarneying |
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| I will have been blarneying | | you will have been blarneying | | he/she/it will have been blarneying | | we will have been blarneying | | you will have been blarneying | | they will have been blarneying |
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| I had been blarneying | | you had been blarneying | | he/she/it had been blarneying | | we had been blarneying | | you had been blarneying | | they had been blarneying |
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| I would blarney | | you would blarney | | he/she/it would blarney | | we would blarney | | you would blarney | | they would blarney |
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| I would have blarneyed | | you would have blarneyed | | he/she/it would have blarneyed | | we would have blarneyed | | you would have blarneyed | | they would have blarneyed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  blarney - flattery designed to gain favor coaxing, soft soap, sweet talkflattery - excessive or insincere praise | | Verb | 1. | blarney - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle, palaverpersuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"soft-soap - persuade someone through flatterybrowbeat, bully, swagger - discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate |
blarneynoun flattery, coaxing, exaggeration, fawning, adulation, wheedling, spiel, sweet talk (informal), flannel (Brit. informal), soft soap (informal), sycophancy, servility, obsequiousness, cajolery, blandishment, fulsomeness, toadyism, overpraise, false praise, honeyed words You're as full of blarney as my father.blarneynounExcessive, ingratiating praise:adulation, blandishment, flattery, incense, oil, slaver.Informal: soft soap.Idiom: honeyed words.Translationsblarney
have kissed the Blarney StoneTo have the ability to speak in a persuasive or convincing manner. Such an ability is said to be bestowed upon those who kiss the Blarney Stone in Ireland. She must have kissed the Blarney Stone, considering all the people she got to donate to our cause tonight!See also: blarney, have, kiss, stonehave kissed the blarney stone be eloquent and persuasive. A stone at Blarney Castle near Cork in Ireland is said to give the gift of persuasive speech to anyone who kisses it; from this comes the verb blarney , meaning ‘talk in a flattering way’.See also: blarney, have, kiss, stonekiss the blarney stone, toTo engage in outrageous flattery. The term comes from the fifteenth-century Blarney Castle, near Cork, Ireland, which has a triangular piece of engraved limestone embedded high on its wall. According to legend, anyone who could reach the stone and kiss it would be rewarded with acquiring the ability to cajole and flatter with great eloquence. To indulge tourists, the modern-day Irish have provided a substitute stone that is easier to reach and is, they claim, equally effective. The noun blarney has meant “inflated nonsense” since about 1800.See also: blarney, kissBlarney
Blarney, village, Co. Cork, SE Republic of Ireland. Those who kiss the Blarney Stone, placed in an almost inaccessible position near the top of the thick stone wall of the 15th-century castle, are supposed to gain marvelous powers of persuasion and cajolery. The castle was militarily important in the 17th-century wars of Oliver CromwellCromwell, Oliver
, 1599–1658, lord protector of England. Parliamentary General
The son of a gentry family, he entered Cambridge in 1616 but probably left the next year.
..... Click the link for more information. and William III. Tweed is manufactured in the village.blarney
Related to blarney: Blarney Stone, Kissing the blarney stoneSynonyms for blarneynoun flatterySynonyms- flattery
- coaxing
- exaggeration
- fawning
- adulation
- wheedling
- spiel
- sweet talk
- flannel
- soft soap
- sycophancy
- servility
- obsequiousness
- cajolery
- blandishment
- fulsomeness
- toadyism
- overpraise
- false praise
- honeyed words
Synonyms for blarneynoun excessive, ingratiating praiseSynonyms- adulation
- blandishment
- flattery
- incense
- oil
- slaver
- soft soap
Synonyms for blarneynoun flattery designed to gain favorSynonyms- coaxing
- soft soap
- sweet talk
Related Wordsverb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flatteringSynonyms- cajole
- coax
- inveigle
- sweet-talk
- wheedle
- palaver
Related Words- persuade
- soft-soap
- browbeat
- bully
- swagger
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