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wheedle

/ˈwiːdl/verb

उच्चारण वीडल

फुसलाना, चिकनी-चुपड़ी बातों से मनाना, बहला-फुसलाकर लेना

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verbwheedled, wheedling
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    [I/T] ~ sb into doing sth; ~ sth out of sb disapproving

    to persuade somebody to give you something or do something by saying nice things that you do not mean

    फुसलाना, चिकनी-चुपड़ी बातों से मनाना, बहला-फुसलाकर लेना

    • The boy wheedled some money out of his grandmother.
    • She wheedled him into taking her to the fair.

    Synonyms coax cajole inveigle beguile sweet-talk

    Opposite force coerce compel order

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wheedling adjective
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§Grammar and usage

We say wheedle somebody into doing something and wheedle something out of somebody.

Wheedle somebody into doing something और wheedle something out of somebody कहा जाता है।