BLARNEY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Flattery designed to gain favor

Synonyms:

blarney; coaxing; soft soap; sweet talk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("blarney" is a kind of...):

flattery (excessive or insincere praise)

Derivation:

blarney (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering)

Meaning:

Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Example:

He palavered her into going along

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "blarney" is one way to...):

persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blarney"):

soft-soap (persuade someone through flattery)

browbeat; bully; swagger (discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Derivation:

blarney (flattery designed to gain favor)