adulare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beguile verb To trick someone cleverly, using charm or cunning.
- coax verb To gently persuade someone to do something through patience or flattery.
- fawn noun A young deer, usually under a year old.
- flatter verb To praise someone, often more than they deserve, in order to please them or win favour.
- pant noun A quick, heavy breath, especially after exertion.
Senses
adulare is used for these senses in English:
- adulate (transitive) To flatter effusively.
- beguile (transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
- coax (transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
- flatter To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
- pant (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
- soft-soap (informal, idiomatic, transitive) To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up.
beguile — full definition
- verb To trick someone cleverly, using charm or cunning.
- verb To attract and delight someone completely.
- verb To make time seem to go by fast through an enjoyable distraction.
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