cajole

[ kuh-johl ]

/ kəˈdʒoʊl /

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verb (used with or without object), ca·joled, ca·jol·ing.

to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax.

Origin of cajole

1635–45; < French cajoler to cajole or chatter like a jaybird, apparently derivative of *cajole birdcage (< Late Latin caveola < Latin cave(a) cage + -ola -ole¹) + -er infinitive suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM cajole

ca·jole·ment, noun ca·jol·er, noun ca·jol·ing·ly, adverb un·ca·jol·ing, adjective

Words nearby cajole

caius, cajal, cajan, cajeput, cajeputol, cajole, cajolery, cajun, cajuput, cake, cake eater

Example sentences from the Web for cajoling

When Xayalith asks the crowd to sing the chorus to the next chune, nobody needs any cajoling.

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In their campaign, Dimon and Chase deployed the full range of tactics, ranging from cajoling to threats.

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Hundreds of special interests soon buzzed round those dozens, pressing money into their hands, lobbying, cajoling, persuading.

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No amount of cajoling or retraining could coax him to budge.

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He would just let me have it, flattering, cajoling, accusing.

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There shall be no oratorical device, no persuading, no cajoling of the mind this way or that.

Amiel's Journal |Henri-Frdric Amiel
I knew he didnt, even at the time she was flattering and cajoling us.

Adrienne Toner |Anne Douglas Sedgwick
From the moment of the purchase of Buisson-Souef all his art was employed in cajoling the trusting and simple de Lamottes.

A Book of Remarkable Criminals |H. B. Irving
Democracy is in practice nothing but a device for cajoling from him the vote he refuses to arbitrary authority.

A Treatise on Parents and Children |George Bernard Shaw
She dreaded a quarrel with her daughter, and would have sacrificed everything to retain her cajoling ways.

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British Dictionary definitions for cajoling

cajole

/ (kəˈdʒəʊl) /

verb

to persuade (someone) by flattery or pleasing talk to do what one wants; wheedle; coax

Derived forms of cajole

cajolement, noun cajoler, noun cajolery, noun cajolingly, adverb

Word Origin for cajole

C17: from French cajoler to coax, of uncertain origin

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verb (used with or without object), ca·joled, ca·jol·ing.

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cajole

verb (used with or without object), ca·joled, ca·jol·ing.

Origin of cajole

OTHER WORDS FROM cajole

Words nearby cajole

Words related to cajoling

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