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cajole

Syllables: ca·joleUK/kəˈdʒəʊl//kəˈd͡ʒoʊl/

cajole verb: to persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.

Verb

cajole (third-person singular simple present cajoles, present participle cajoling, simple past and past participle cajoled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
    • Then he Cajol'd vvith his Brother, and perſvvaded him vvhat Service he had done him, […]1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page...
    • If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?1820, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Abbot. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...

Noun

cajole (plural cajoles)

  1. The act of cajoling.

cajole meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

cajole in Hindi

to cajole, coax, seduce
फुसलाना phuslānā

cajole in Tamil

முகத்துதி செய், ஏமாற்றித் தன்வழிப்படுத்து, புகழ்ந்துர்த்துத் தன்வழிப் படுத்து, மருட்டி இசைவி, பசப்பி இணங்கச் செய், புகழ்ச்சியாகப் பேசி வசப்படுத்து

cajole in Urdu

پھسلانا, ورغلانا

cajole in Telugu

to cajole
దువ్వు duvvu
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cajole in Malayalam
പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുക, പുകഴ്ത്തി വശീകരിക്കുക, മുഖസ്തുതിയാൽ വശീകരിക്കുക
cajole in Kannada
ಮರುಳುಮಾಡು, ಒಲಿಸು, ಬೆಣ್ಣೆಹಚ್ಚು, ಮುಖಸ್ತುತಿಮಾಡಿ ಒಪ್ಪಿಸು

Examples of cajole in a sentence

  • [W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.1898, Gilbert Parker, chapter 37, in The Battle Of The Strong:
  • For weeks, the White House, the Pentagon and Senate Democrats have been working overtime to cajole, convince and placate Republicans.2010 August 4, Michael Scherer, “NonSTARTer? Obama's Troubled Nuclear Treaty”, in Time:
  • “It was basically clear that his wife had been cajoled into attending,” said Ms.2012 July 13, Alex Williams, “Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?”, in New York Times:

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Synonyms of cajole

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Forms of cajole

Verb
third-person singular presentcajoles
present participlecajoling
past participlecajoled
pastcajoled
Noun
pluralcajoles

Past tense of cajole: cajoled

Origin of cajole

Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a jay”) (from gajole, dialectal diminutive of geai (“jaybird”)) + Old French gaioler (“entice into a cage”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola (whence English caveola), diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”). More at cage, cave, cavum, cavus, and jail.

Words formed from cajole

Words that rhyme with cajole

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Questions about cajole

What does cajole mean?
Cajole means to persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
What is cajole in Hindi?
Cajole in Hindi is फुसलाना (phuslānā). See Cajole meaning in Hindi.
How do you use cajole in a sentence?
[W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.
What part of speech is cajole?
Cajole can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce cajole?
Cajole is pronounced /kəˈdʒəʊl/ (UK).
What is the past tense of cajole?
The past tense of cajole is cajoled.

Words near cajole in the dictionary

  1. Cajinas
  2. cajis
  3. cajj
  4. Cajogutan
  5. cajolable
  6. cajole
  7. cajoled
  8. cajolement
  9. cajolements
  10. cajoler
  11. cajoleries

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cajole (page history and authors); फुसलाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); cajole (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cajole (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); దువ్వు (Telugu) (page history and authors); cajole (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cajole (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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