Crossword-Solution: CAJOLED
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Cajoled | imp. & p. p. | of Cajole |
We have 7 clues for the answer “CAJOLED”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Blandished | 1 answer |
| Persuaded using flattery | 1 answer |
| Said "Pretty please" to, say | 1 answer |
| Worked on | 3 answers |
| Talked into | 4 answers |
| Wheedled. | 5 answers |
| Sweet-talked | 5 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATEER
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greedy person
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Sentences with CAJOLED (5)
There were times when I beat and kicked him madly, times when I cajoled and persuaded him, and once I tried to bribe him with the last bottle of burgundy, for there was a rain-water pump from which I could get water.
Everybody had struck who could possibly want to strike or who could possibly be cajoled or bullied into striking, whether they wanted to or not.
She was not at all well-off,--was indeed rather poor than otherwise,--and here was her only brother a millionaire, and in her dumb way she had a sisterly affection for him, and yet she could not be argued or cajoled into touching a penny of his money.
Take care, Toto, and don’t allow yourself to be cajoled--be prudent.” However, it was quite unnecessary to recommend prudence to Victor Chupin.
One great tenor, who has delighted New York audiences during several winters past, invariably announces to his intimates on arising that his "voice has gone," and that, in consequence he will "never sing again," and has to be caressed and cajoled back into some semblance of confidence before attempting a performance.
Quotes with CAJOLED (3)
In our hurry of utilitarian progress, we have either forgotten the Indian altogether, or looked upon him only in a business point of view, as we do almost everything else; as a thriftless, treacherous, drunken fellow, who knows just enough to be troublesome, and who must be cajoled or forced into leaving his hunting-grounds for the occupation of very orderly and virtuous white people, who sell him gunpowder and whiskey, but send him now and then a missionary to teach him that…
When I say 'I will be true to you' I am drawing a quiet space beyond the reach of other desires. No-one can legislate love; it cannot be given orders or cajoled into service. Love belongs to itself, deaf to pleading and unmoved by violence. Love is not something you can negotiate. Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation.... When I say 'I will be true to you' I must mean it in spite of the formalities, instead of the formalities.
The world of tricky-tacky boxes, defined social behaviour, untrammeled egotism, sexism and material acquisitiveness, all powered by insecurity that passes for security, is rarely cajoled, least of all questioned. Much of the magic of of life space contrast has passed out of North American life.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT, The Atlantic, Universal, WP.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (1951–2022).