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Antonyms for coaxingcoax·ing

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  1. blarney, coaxing, soft soap, sweet talkadjective

    flattery designed to gain favor

    Antonyms:
    dissuasive

    Synonyms:
    soft soap, green soap, blarney, sweet talk

  2. coaxing, ingratiatoryadjective

    pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade

    "a coaxing and obsequious voice"; "her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable"

    Antonyms:
    dissuasive

    Synonyms:
    insinuating, ingratiatory, ingratiating

How to use coaxing in a sentence?

  1. Science Advances.Trevor Wardill:

    It took a lot of coaxing of the cuttlefish to make them wear their glasses, they'll want to play with it.

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