honeyfuggleverb [ T ]
also honeyfugle /ˈhʌn.iˌfʌɡ.əl//ˈhʌn.iˌfʌɡ.əl/US informalto deceive or cheat someone by talking to them nicely:
Don't let yourself be honeyfuggled.
You'll never really love anyone if you're always thinking people are out to honeyfuggle you.
More examples
- You can't honeyfuggle me!
- They honeyfuggled her into handing over her money.
- The party outwitted and honeyfugled the opposition at every step of the way.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- lead sb a (merry) dance idiom
- poison
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- send/give out (all) the wrong signals idiom
- shaft
- wool
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