Wheedle | Mean of wheedle in English Dictionary
/ˈwiːdl̟/
- Verb
- to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by saying nice things
- He wheedled quite a bit of money from her.
- We managed to wheedle [=coax] the juicy details out of him.
- She tried to wheedle us into spending more money than we wanted.
- He wheedled his way into his current job.
- She pleaded and wheedled, but I wouldn't be swayed.
