wheedle /ˈʍiː.dəl/verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.I’d like one of those, too, if you can wheedle him into telling you where he got it. •To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.If the worst come to the worst,—I'll turn my Wife to Grass—I already have a deed of Settlement of the best part of her Estate; which I wheadl'd out of her; [...] — 1700 noun1 •(no longer used) A coaxing person. formswheedled · wheedling · wheedles
