wheedling

English

Etymology

From wheedle +‎ -ing

Verb

wheedling

1. present participle of wheedle

Adjective

wheedling (comparative more wheedling, superlative most wheedling)

1. Coaxing, aiming to persuade.
   • 1888, Howard Pyle, Otto of the Silver Hand, ch. 9

     Then, in a soft, wheedling voice, "Canst thou not let me in, my little bird? Sure there are other lasses besides thyself who would like to trade with a poor peddler who has travelled all the way from Gruenstadt just to please the pretty ones of Trutz-Drachen."

Derived terms

• wheedlingly

Noun

wheedling (plural wheedlings)

1. The act of one who wheedles.