SWEET-TALK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 "sweet-talk" 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 "sweet-talk"):

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

Sentence example:

They sweet-talk him into writing the letter