blandishment
3 synonyms for blandishment, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — (often plural) Flattering words or actions used to win someone over or influence them.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
From blandish (“to persuade someone by using flattery, to cajole; to praise someone dishonestly, to flatter or butter up”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns from verbs, having the sense of ‘the action or result of what is denoted by the verbs’). Blandish is derived from Middle English blaundishen (“to flatter; to fawn; to...
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