English-Thai Dictionary

blandish

VT ปากหวาน  ยกยอ  adulate compliment pak-wan

 

blandisher

N คน ป้อยอ 

 

blandishment

N การ ประจบ เอาใจ  flattery kan-pra-chob-aol-jai

 

blandishments

N สิ่ง ที่ ทำ หรือ พูด เอาใจ เพื่อให้ ทำ บางสิ่ง  sing-ti-tham-rue-phud-aol-jai-phuea-hai-tham-bang-sing

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLANDISH

v.t.[L. blandior; Old Eng. blandise. ] To soften; to caress; to flatter by kind words or affectionate actions.

 

BLANDISHER

n.One that flatters with soft words.

 

BLANDISHING

ppr. Soothing or flattering with fair words.

 

BLANDISHING

n.Blandishment.

 

BLANDISHMENT

n.Soft words; kind speeches; caresses; expression of kindness; words or actions expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BLANDISH

Blan "dish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blandished; p. pr. & vb. n.Blandishing. ] Etym: [OE. blaundisen, F. blandir, fr. L. blandiri, fr. blandus mild, flattering. ]

 

1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole.

 

2. To make agreeable and enticing. Mustering all her wiles, With blandished parleys. Milton.

 

BLANDISHER

BLANDISHER Blan "dish *er, n.

 

Defn: One who uses blandishments.

 

BLANDISHMENT

Blan "dish *ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. blandissement.]

 

Defn: The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. Cowering low with blandishment. Milton. Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments. Macaulay.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

blandish

bland ish |ˈblandiSH ˈblændɪʃ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic coax (someone ) with kind words or flattery: I was blandishing her with imprudences to get her off the subject. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French blandiss-, lengthened stem of blandir, from Latin blandiri, from blandus ‘soft, smooth. ’

 

blandishment

bland ish ment |ˈblandiSHmənt ˈblændɪʃmənt | ▶noun (usu. blandishments ) a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something: the blandishments of the travel brochure.

 

Oxford Dictionary

blandish

blandish |ˈblandɪʃ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic coax (someone ) with kind words or flattery. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French blandiss-, lengthened stem of blandir, from Latin blandiri, from blandus ‘soft, smooth ’.

 

blandishment

bland ¦ish |ment |ˈblandɪʃm (ə )nt | ▶noun (often blandishments ) a flattering or pleasing statement or action used as a means of gently persuading someone to do something.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

blandishments

blandishments plural noun the blandishments of advertisers: flattery, cajolery, coaxing, wheedling, persuasion, palaver, honeyed words, smooth talk, blarney; informal sweet talk, soft soap, buttering up, smarm.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

blandishments

blandishments plural noun consumers have the capacity to resist the blandishments of advertisers: flattery, cajolery, coaxing, wheedling, honeyed words, smooth talk, soft words, blarney; fulsomeness, simpering, fawning, toadying, ingratiating, ingratiation, currying favour, inveiglement; charm offensive; informal sweet talk, soft soap, smarm, spiel, ego massage, buttering up, cosying up, cuddling up; Brit. informal flannel; Austral. /NZ informal guyver, smoodging; rare glozing, lipsalve, cajolement.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

blandishment

blan dish ment /blǽndɪʃmənt /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠〖通例 ～s 〗こびへつらい , 追従 （ついしよう ）.