- BLANDISHMENT: BLANDISHMENTS
- [N]BLANDITIA (-AE) (F)BLANDITIES (-EI) (F)
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BLANDISHMENT: BLANDISHMENTS
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Blandishment — Blan dish*ment, n. [Cf. OF. blandissement.] The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. [1913 Webster] Cowering low with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blandishment — flattering speech, 1590s, from BLANDISH (Cf. blandish) + MENT (Cf. ment). Sense of attraction, allurement (often blandishments) is from 1590s … Etymology dictionary
blandishment — /blan dish meuhnt/, n. Often, blandishments. something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc.: Our blandishments left him unmoved. We succumbed to the blandishments of tropical living. [1585 95; BLANDISH + MENT] Syn.… … Universalium
blandishment — Synonyms and related words: adulation, agacerie, allure, allurement, appeal, artful endearments, attraction, attractiveness, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery, bewitchment, blandishments, blarney, bunkum, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery,… … Moby Thesaurus
blandishment — blan•dish•ment [[t]ˈblæn dɪʃ mənt[/t]] n. Often, blandishments. something, as an action or speech, that tends to entice • Etymology: 1585–95 … From formal English to slang
caress — Synonyms and related words: artful endearments, attouchement, blandishment, blandishments, breath, brush, brush by, cocker, coddle, come in contact, contact, contingence, coquet, cosset, cuddle, cutaneous sense, dally, dandle, embrace, endearment … Moby Thesaurus
sweet nothings — Synonyms and related words: adulation, artful endearments, blandishment, blandishments, blarney, bunkum, cajolement, cajolery, caress, compliment, endearment, eyewash, fair words, fawning, flattery, grease, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, incense … Moby Thesaurus
sweet talk — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, adulation, advocate, allurement, artful endearments, be hypocritical, bill and coo, blandish, blandishment, blandishments, blandness, blarney, bunkum, butter, cajole, cajolement,… … Moby Thesaurus
flummery — n 1. oatmeal, gruel, U.S. mush, hot cereal, Chiefly Brit. porridge, farina; fruit custard, blancmange, white pudding. 2. nonsense, moonshine, gobbledegook; foolish humbug, bunkum or buncombe, Sl. bunk, U.S. Sl. blah; balderdash, Inf. hokum, Sl.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
ingratiation — noun the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor • Syn: ↑insinuation • Hypernyms: ↑blandishment, ↑wheedling … Useful english dictionary
insinuation — noun 1. an indirect (and usually malicious) implication (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑innuendo • Derivationally related forms: ↑insinuate • Hypernyms: ↑implication 2. the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive … Useful english dictionary
