Advertisement
Advertisement
sweet talk
1noun
- cajolery; soft soap.
sweet-talk
2[ sweet-tawk ]
verb (used without object)
- to use cajoling words.
verb (used with object)
- to use cajoling words on in order to persuade; soft-soap:
They tried to sweet-talk the boss into giving them raises.
sweet-talk
verb
- to coax, flatter, or cajole (someone)
noun
- cajolery; coaxing
Word History and Origins
Origin of sweet talk1
Origin of sweet talk2
Idioms and Phrases
Flattery, cajolery, as in She uses sweet talk to get her way . [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
It’s a central theme in my book to help clarify that no amount of sweet talk can replace the inevitable loss, the inherent loss, that is adoption.
We jump from screaming to sweet talk, and from current subplot to the far past to a few days ago.
Realtor Liz Jones said some agents continue to encourage the practice, putting buyers in a tough position if they’d rather leave out the sweet talk.
He sweet talks our darker impulses in a way that makes his murders justifiable, understandable even, although we – and he – know his compulsions are immoral.
“We need the White House, and we need the ones on the front line not to be affected by sweet talk, particularly from the Europeans,” Mr. Goncalves said.
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse