blandishing
blandishing adjective: tending to charm and flatter; smooth and flattering, especially when disingenuous. Also the present participle and gerund of blandish.
Adjective
blandishing (comparative more blandishing, superlative most blandishing)
- Tending to charm and flatter; smooth and flattering, especially when disingenuous.
- There was one Rumsey, a creature of Shaftesbury's, a man of very blandishing manners, with a sly, foxy expression of countenance, likely to put a physiognomist on his guard.1844, Emma Robinson, Whitefriars, page 6
- Mrs. Spivens could be very blandishing and fascinating when people had money to spend; but a poor girl wanting father—there was something too prosaic in that common every-day occurrence to rouse even into momentary compassion the pinions of Mrs. Spiven's lofty soul.1869, Jenny's Geranium, Or, The Prize Flower of a London Court, page 28
Also used as
blandishing is also the present participle and gerund of blandish.
Forms of blandishing
| comparative | more blandishing |
|---|---|
| superlative | most blandishing |
Words formed from blandishing
Questions about blandishing
- What does blandishing mean?
- Blandishing means tending to charm and flatter; smooth and flattering, especially when disingenuous.
- What part of speech is blandishing?
- Blandishing is an adjective.
Words near blandishing in the dictionary
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