Blandishment

Definitions: Blandishment

Blandishment

Noun

1. Flattery intended to persuade.

2. The act of urging by means of teasing or flattery.

Date "blandishment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Etymology: Blandishment \Blan"dish*ment\, noun. [Compare to Old French blandissement.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Blandishment

Synonyms: cajolery (n), palaver (n), wheedling (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Endearment	Noun: endearment, caress; blandishment, blandiment; _panchement, fondling, billing and cooing, dalliance, necking, petting, sporting, sparking, hanky-panky; caressing.
Flattery	Noun: flattery, adulation, gloze; blandishment, blandiloquence; cajolery; fawning, wheedling;Verb: captation, coquetry, obsequiousness, sycophancy, flunkeyism, toadeating, tuft-hunting; snobbishness.
Motive	Inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation, allective; temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Blandishment

English words defined with "blandishment": coaxer ♦ wheedler. (references)

Language		Translations for "blandishment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		lajka (butter, flatteries, flummery, oiliness, palaver, taffy). (various references)

Arabic		‏مداهنة (adulation, cajolery, flattery, lip service, sweet talk). (various references)

Bulgarian		ласкателство (adulation, blarney, cajolement, cajolery, flattery, lip salve, oil, palaver, soap, soft sawder, soft soap, sweet talk, taffy, toadyism), ласка (cajolement, caress). (various references)

Czech		lichocení (flattery, oil, sugar). (various references)

French		flatterie (blarney). (various references)

German		schmeichelei (adulation, blarney, cajolement, flattery, taffy). (various references)

Greek		κολακεία (adulation, blarney, flattery, toadyism, wheedling), δελεασμόσ (enticement, seducement, seduction). (various references)

Hungarian		kedveskedés (endearment), hízelgés (adulation, blarney, butter, cajolery, cajoling, coaxing, flattering, flattery, palaver, sawder, soft solder, sycophancy, taffy). (various references)

Indonesian		bujukan (cajolery, inducement, persuasion). (various references)

Italian		blandizia (softness). (various references)

Manx		goan meeley, brynneraght (fawn, fawning), breigeydys. (various references)

Pig Latin		andishmentblay

Portuguese		lisonja (blarney, butter, coaxing, flattery, incense, lipstick, palaver, sawder, sugar), carícia (caress), agrado (endearment, jodhpurs, pleasure). (various references)

Romanian		linguşire (adulation, apple sauce, butter, cajolement, cajolery, cringing, fawning, flannel, flattering, flattery, slaver, soap, toad-eating). (various references)

Russian		обольщение (allurement, inveiglement, seduction), лесть (adulation, apple, blarney, cajolement, cajolery, eyewash, flattery, lipsalve, palaver, sawder, soft sawder, sweet talk, sycophancy, taffy, treacle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nagovaranje (cajolement, cajolery, coaxing, inveiglement, persuasion, spiel, suasion), laskanje (blarney, eyewash, flattery, flatting, lipsalve, soft soap). (various references)

Spanish		zalamería (flattery, oiliness, sliminess, smoothness, suavity, unction), lisonjas (flattery), halago (adulation, coaxing, compliment, flattery, gratification, pleasure, salve). (various references)

Swedish		smicker (apple-sauce, blarney, flannels, flattery, palaver, sawder, soft soap), lockelse (allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, enticement, fascination, inveiglement, invitation, lure, temptation). (various references)

Turkish		yağcılık (blarney, butter, claptrap, greasiness, insinuation, obsequiousness, oiliness, soapiness, sycophancy, taffy, toadeating, toadyism), dil dökme (blarney, rose water). (various references)

Ukranian		умовляння (admonition, cajolement, cajolery, coaxing, exhortation, expostulation, reassurance, remonstrance, suasion), улещування. (various references)

Vietnamese		lời tán tỉnh lấy lòng. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	blandimenta, blandimento. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "blandishment": blandishments. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Blandishment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bladishment, blanddishment, brandishment. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "blandishment" (pronounced bla"ndishmunt)
6	-i sh m u n t	accomplishment, astonishment, banishment, diminishment, disestablishment, embellishment, establishment, extinguishment, garnishment, impoverishment, nourishment, punishment, refurbishment, replenishment.
5	-sh m u n t	refreshment.
4	-m u n t	abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, atonement, attachment, attainment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment.
3	-u n t	aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-h-i-l-m-n-n-s-t"
	-2 letters: banishment.
	-3 letters: bailments, dismantle, landmines, mandibles, mishandle.
	-4 letters: absinthe, ailments, aliments, ambients, annelids, bailment, bailsmen, balmiest, bandsmen, banished, bidental, bimensal, bimetals, blandest, blandish, blindest, dentinal, handiest, handlist, hematins, instable, lambiest, landmine, landsmen, lindanes, linesman, mandible, manliest, mannites, medalist, mediants, melanins, melanist, misdealt, nimblest, semibald, shambled, shetland, smaltine, thimbles, timbales.
	-5 letters: absinth, ailment, albites, aliment.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-h-i-l-m-n-n-s-t"
	+1 letter: blandishments.
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