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All honied synonyms

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verb honied

  • barter β€” If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money.
  • flatter β€” to make flat.
  • importune β€” to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
  • pester β€” to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
  • wangle β€” to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
  • get β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • plague β€” French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
  • press β€” to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
  • tease β€” to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
  • blarney β€” Blarney is things someone says that are flattering and amusing but probably untrue, and which you think they are only saying in order to please you or to persuade you to do something.
  • worm β€” Write-Once Read-Many
  • jawbone β€” a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
  • draw back β€” a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
  • apple-polish β€” to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
  • egg on β€” to incite or urge; encourage (usually followed by on).
  • string along β€” a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • get around β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • lay it on thick β€” to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • lead on β€” to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
  • play up to β€” a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • rope in β€” a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
  • soften up β€” make softer
  • work over β€” exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • candy-coat β€” sugarcoat (def 2).
  • sugar-coat β€” to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
  • butter up β€” If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them.
  • draw out β€” to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
  • mousetrap β€” a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
  • hide β€” Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
  • entice β€” Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.
  • manipulate β€” to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
  • build up β€” If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
  • ensnare β€” Catch in or as in a trap.
  • entrap β€” Catch (someone or something) in or as in a trap.
  • manoeuvre β€” a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
  • suck up to β€” to flatter for one's own profit; toady
  • tantalise β€” to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
  • work on β€” exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • dulcorate β€” (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
  • humour β€” hacker humour
  • come on β€” You say 'Come on' to someone to encourage them to do something they do not much want to do.
  • arm-twist β€” to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
  • talk into β€” persuade
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