| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Informal. Excessive, ingratiating praise: adulation, blandishment, blarney, flattery, incense2, oil, slaver. Idioms: honeyed words. See PRAISE. | | VERB: | soft-soap1. Informal. To persuade or try to persuade by gentle persistent urging or flattery: blandish, cajole, coax, honey, wheedle. Informal : sweet-talk. See PERSUASION. 2. Informal. To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly: adulate, blandish, butter up, flatter, honey, slaver. Informal : sweet-talk. See PRAISE.
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