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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 flatteringplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CAJOLE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they cajole  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it cajoles  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: cajoled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: cajoled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: cajoling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

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

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

Derivation:

cajolery (flattery intended to persuade)


 Context examples 


And to cap it all, when Mercedes, with tears in her pretty eyes and a quaver in her throat, could not cajole him into giving the dogs still more, she stole from the fish-sacks and fed them slyly.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)



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