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No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
Aneurin Bevan

Meaning of "cajolery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CAJOLERY

cajolery  [kəˈdʒəʊlərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAJOLERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cajolery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAJOLERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cajolery in the English dictionary

The definition of cajolery in the dictionary is coaxing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAJOLERY


ampullary
æmˈpʊlərɪ
calculary
ˈkælkjʊlərɪ
capitulary
kəˈpɪtjʊlərɪ
cartulary
ˈkɑːtjʊlərɪ
chartulary
ˈtʃɑːtjʊlərɪ
constabulary
kənˈstæbjʊlərɪ
drollery
ˈdrəʊlərɪ
formulary
ˈfɔːmjʊlərɪ
nummulary
ˈnʌmjʊlərɪ
owlery
ˈaʊlərɪ
patibulary
pəˈtɪbjʊlərɪ
preambulary
prɪˈæmbjʊlərɪ
reticulary
rɪˈtɪkjʊlərɪ
scapulary
ˈskæpjʊlərɪ
singulary
ˈsɪŋɡjʊlərɪ
somnambulary
sɒmˈnæmbjʊlərɪ
stipulary
ˈstɪpjʊlərɪ
titulary
ˈtɪtjʊlərɪ
vocabulary
vəˈkæbjʊlərɪ
volary
ˈvəʊlərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAJOLERY

caisson disease
Caithness
caitiff
caitive
Caius
Cajal
cajeput
cajole
cajolement
cajoler
cajolingly
cajon
Cajun
cajuput
cake
cake mix
cake pan
cake shop
cake stand
cake tin

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAJOLERY

art gallery
artillery
celery
costume jewellery
cutlery
distillery
foolery
gallery
jewellery
National Gallery
peanut gallery
photo gallery
picture gallery
play to the gallery
portrait gallery
rogues´ gallery
saddlery
schoolery
tomfoolery
viewing gallery

Synonyms and antonyms of cajolery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CAJOLERY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cajolery» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cajolery

Translation of «cajolery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAJOLERY

Find out the translation of cajolery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cajolery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cajolery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

戏谑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zalamería
570 millions of speakers

English

cajolery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cajolery
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الترغيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лесть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cajolery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্তোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cajolerie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perbuatan curang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überredung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

甘言
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cajolery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cajolery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự tán tỉnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cajolery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्कश आवाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tatlı sözle kandırma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

raggiro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cajolery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лестощі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lingușire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαλαγανιές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vleierij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cajolery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cajolery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cajolery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAJOLERY»

The term «cajolery» is normally little used and occupies the 138.441 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAJOLERY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cajolery

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QUOTES WITH «CAJOLERY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cajolery.
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Aneurin Bevan
No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAJOLERY»

Discover the use of cajolery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cajolery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Iago ́s Iniquitous Cajolery of the Suspicious Othello
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Marburg (Institut f r Anglistik und Amerikanistik, FB 10), course: Preparatory Seminar to the Shakespeare ...
Oliver Baum, 2009
2
ALL THE YEAR ROUND
Upon this individual our professor at once begins to practise all sorts of cajolery and mystification, showing him the card of a clergyman of his acquaintance to whom she professes to be related, and making out as well that she is well ...
CHARLES DICKENS,JUN, 1871
3
Complete Year, Grade 4: Weekly Learning Activities
If you studied handwriting, would you learn calligraphy or cajolery? If you trick someone you ... triedto coax someone, would you be using cajolery or calamity? 9. If you tried to coax someone, you might use cajolery. Which might you wear: ...
Thinking Kids, 2014
4
Elements of Clinical Psychology
Self-cajolery or the cajolery of others does not work here. This type of clinical situation, in contrast to the milder case, requires careful theoretical analysis. Why does the cajolery or the pleasant anticipation of the day's activities not arouse the  ...
William Flexner, 2004
5
A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from ...
left apparently without resources, no cajolery or threats can induce him to resign his claims and pretensions to the crown of Spain, which is his by the real laws of the country. & A tragic event occurred here yesterday in the Bois de Boulogne, ...
Thomas Raikes, 1856
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Locomotrix: Selected Poetry and Prose of Amelia Rosselli, a ...
I am no mind—I am a brain made fast to cajolery, its breath interlocked with separate time. No brain no time—no stinging smile; a grey lump, an electric swerve—then all is gone. Mind sever me from matter do not lose time, lose it if you must on ...
Amelia Rosselli, Jennifer Scappettone, 2012
7
CIO
CIOs who have managed .the transition say it takes cultivation, cajolery and sometimes plain old coercion to get traditional IS developers and analysts into the right mind-set. Roger Brinkmeier, vice president of computer services at ...
8
De l'Orme. By the author of “Richelieu,” and “Darnley” i.e. ...
in and addressed me with an air of cajolery which instantly put me on my guard; but when he gave me to understand, aftera thousand doublings, that he wished to know if ever I had heard my father, or, as he called him, 'master,' talk of certain  ...
George Payne Rainsford James, 1837
9
The Discipline of Religion: Structure, Meaning, Rhetoric
(1997: 45) Although the term “provincial” seems to have a delicate, almost cultured ring to it, I hear in it the same “browbeating and cajolery” that, to many contempo- rary ears, cannot help but be heard in earlier or other groups' efforts to  ...
Russell T. McCutcheon, 2003
10
Churchill
In this he met his match in Montgomery, impervious to rebuke, flattery, or cajolery, but on whom he relied most to produce those victories for which he craved both for his nation and for himself. At times, particularly in the months before the ...
Robert Blake, William Roger Louis, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAJOLERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cajolery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Could new virtual reality technology worsen the problem of social …
Frustrated parents would try persuasion, cajolery and sometimes even violence before giving up. “In some cases they're afraid of their children, ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
2
It's not me, it's you
A number of coping mechanisms come to mind, including avoidance, placation, cajolery, confrontation, behavior modification or plain old ... «FCW.com, Jun 15»
3
Mia Wasikowska plays Madame Bovary in a passable take on the …
... men around her (especially Ifans, who relishes Monsieur Lheureux's unctuous cajolery), and the result is intelligent and eminently watchable. «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jun 15»
4
Govt considers amending law to stop human trafficking
... meeting, said the Bangladeshis rescued from the Southeast Asian seawater were not smuggled but trafficked by coercion and cajolery. «Bangladesh News 24 hours, Jun 15»
5
Secured nuclear arsenal
Our leadership at that time, despite US cajolery, remained steadfast in conducting the tests. On the afternoon of May 28, then Prime Minister of ... «The Express Tribune, May 15»
6
Show and tell: What makes the Great Lakes State great?
Her address, if you would like to reward her pluck and cajolery, is Napa Valley Language Academy, c/o Ms. Dearborn, 2700 Kilburn Ave., Napa ... «The Detroit News, May 15»
7
The sound of opportunity: Anchorage's amateur orchestra …
... Maffe, a Palmer High School student who got to conduct the premiere of his own work “Cajolery of the Forest” with the orchestra in 2013. «Alaska Dispatch News, May 15»
8
The grim reaper looms …
No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party that ... «The Guardian, May 15»
9
Ed Miliband: The Weak, Sex-Crazed, Fratricidal Lunatic
Every Labour leader of the past fifty years has faced similar criticisms - perhaps with a slight exception for Tony Blair due to his media cajolery ... «Huffington Post UK, Apr 15»
10
BWW Reviews: ALL THE WAY is an Intriguing Look at the Accidental …
Act One ends with the civil rights act passing the Senate by using cajolery, arm-twisting and blackmail to get his way. ALL THE WAY uses ... «Broadway World, Apr 15»

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