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wheedlesome

wheedlesome adjective: characterised or marked by wheedling; coaxing, cajoling.

Adjective

wheedlesome (comparative more wheedlesome, superlative most wheedlesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by wheedling; coaxing, cajoling.

Forms of wheedlesome

comparativemore wheedlesome
superlativemost wheedlesome

Origin of wheedlesome

From wheedle + -some.

Questions about wheedlesome

What does wheedlesome mean?
Wheedlesome means characterised or marked by wheedling; coaxing, cajoling.
What part of speech is wheedlesome?
Wheedlesome is an adjective.

Words near wheedlesome in the dictionary

  1. wheedle
  2. wheedled
  3. wheedler
  4. wheedlers
  5. wheedles
  6. wheedlesome
  7. wheedling
  8. wheedlingly
  9. wheedlings
  10. wheedly
  11. wheeing

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