Antonyms for cajole
kəˈdʒoʊlca·jole

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1. cajole

   To allure is to draw as with a lure by some charm or some prospect of pleasure or advantage. We may attract others to a certain thing without intent; as, the good unconsciously attract others to virtue. We may allure either to that which is evil or to that which is good and noble, by purpose and endeavor, as in the familiar line, "Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way," Goldsmith Deserted Village, l. 170. Lure is rather more akin to the physical nature. It is the word we would use of drawing on an animal. Coax expresses the attraction of the person, not of the thing. A man may be coaxed to that which is by no means alluring. Cajole and decoy carry the idea of deceiving and ensnaring. To inveigle is to lead one blindly in. To tempt is to endeavor to lead one wrong; to seduce is to succeed in winning one from good to ill. Win may be used in either a bad or a good sense, in which latter it surpasses the highest sense of allure, because it succeeds in that which allure attempts; as, "He that winneth souls is wise," Prov. xi, 30.

   Antonyms:
   chill, damp, deter, dissuade, drive away, repel, warn

   Synonyms:
   allure, attract, captivate, coax, decoy, draw, entice, inveigle, lure, seduce, tempt, win

   Preposition:
   Allure to a course; allure by hopes; allure from evil to good.

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1. cajole

   Antonyms:
   chide, rate, scold, warn

   Synonyms:
   tempt, lure, coat, flatter, wheedle, delude, cheat, inveigle, dupe

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1. wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigleverb

   influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

   "He palavered her into going along"

   Synonyms:
   wheedle, palaver, tittle-tattle, sweet-talk, inveigle, blarney, gabble, blab, piffle, chatter, maunder, gibber, coax, prattle, clack, tattle, prate, blabber, twaddle

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1. cajoleverb

   Synonyms:
   beguile, wheedle, blandish, inveigle, flatter

How to use cajole in a sentence?

1. Former Vice President Joe Biden:

   But otherwise, I'm just doing the things like we're doing with you now, and trying to keep abreast and trying to urge and, how can I say it, cajole the President into doing the things that should've been done or could be done faster.

2. Karl Racine:

   Let it be known that the office of attorney general has a potential charge that it may utilize, it's law in DC since 2011. It makes illegal the statements of individuals that clearly encourage, cajole, and otherwise, you know, get people motivated to commit violence.

3. Chris Murphy:

   They often play games. They often try to use threats of layoffs in order to get more money out of the Architect of the Capitol. So I think it might be time to find a vendor that's not going to use the threats of layoffs as a cajole to try to get more money.

4. Donald Trump:

   You're gonna have to make deals. You're gonna have to get these senators and congressman and all of these people, you've gotta cajole them. You've got to make deal.

5. Ted Cooke:

   The approach the United States has been taking has been taking is trying to facilitate voluntary offers, cajole the states to do what the states ultimately need to do, rather than getting out the stick.

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