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cajolery

US/kəˈd͡ʒoʊ.lə.ɹi/

cajolery noun: the act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.

Noun

cajolery (countable and uncountable, plural cajoleries)

  1. The act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.
    • […] by cajolery and innuendo she had persuaded him to go to the picture palace to be cheered up, and as it was now on the turn of eleven he might be expected back at any moment.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    • These women are experts at flattery, cajolery and sexual excitation, and also possess unusual talents for stirring up quarrels, stimulating jealousies and spreading slander and malicious rumors.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 79

cajolery meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

cajolery in Tamil

காரியம் சாதிக்கச் செய்யப்படும் புகழ்ச்சி, புகழுரை, புகழ்ச்சி, ஏற்புடையதாக்கல்

cajolery in Telugu

cajolery, wheedling, trickery, flattery
ఇచ్చకము iccakamu

cajolery in Malayalam

coaxing, persuasion, wheedling
പുകഴ്ത്തിവശത്താക്കൽ, മുഖസ്തുതി, ഇച്ഛകം, അനുനയം, ഉല്ലാപം, അനുനയഭാഷണം

cajolery in Kannada

ಪುಸಲಾವಣೆ

Forms of cajolery

pluralcajoleries

Origin of cajolery

From French cajolerie, equivalent to cajole + -ery.

Questions about cajolery

What does cajolery mean?
Cajolery means the act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.
What is cajolery in Tamil?
Cajolery in Tamil is காரியம் சாதிக்கச் செய்யப்படும் புகழ்ச்சி, புகழுரை, புகழ்ச்சி. See Cajolery meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cajolery?
Cajolery is a noun.
How do you pronounce cajolery?
Cajolery is pronounced /kəˈd͡ʒoʊ.lə.ɹi/ (US).
What is the plural of cajolery?
The plural of cajolery is cajoleries.

Words near cajolery in the dictionary

  1. cajolement
  2. cajolements
  3. cajoler
  4. cajoleries
  5. cajolers
  6. cajolery
  7. cajoles
  8. cajolest
  9. cajoleth
  10. cajoling
  11. cajolingly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cajolery (page history and authors); cajolery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఇచ్చకము (Telugu) (page history and authors); cajolery (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); cajolery (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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