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BLARNEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flattery designed to gain favor
Synonyms:
blarney; coaxing; soft soap; sweet talk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("blarney" is a kind of...):
flattery (excessive or insincere praise)
Derivation:
blarney (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
Example:
He palavered her into going along
Synonyms:
blarney; cajole; coax; inveigle; palaver; sweet-talk; wheedle
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "blarney" is one way to...):
persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blarney"):
soft-soap (persuade someone through flattery)
browbeat; bully; swagger (discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Derivation:
blarney (flattery designed to gain favor)
