[responsivevoice]Blandishment[/responsivevoice] [blan-dish-muhnt ]
The word of the day is ‘blandishment’.
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of the sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Flattery
2. A flattering or pleasing statement or action used as a means of gently persuading someone to do something
1. Every blandishment was used to soothe him, and it had its effect.
2. I must use every kind of blandishment to convince myself that my life and my work are worthwhile.
3. Not to be moved by blandishment or argument from this position.
4. And another is the blandishment and trickery of the steamship agent.
5. At first, he used his arts of blandishment and honeyed words in order to lure Savonarola to Rome.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
adulation, allurement, blandishments, blarney, cajolery, coaxing, enticement, praise, sycophancy, wheedling, fawning, honeyed words, sweet talk, sweet words, flattery, fulsomeness, simpering, toadying
ingratiating, ingratiation, currying favour, inveiglement, charm, offensive, soft soap, smarm, spiel, ego massage, buttering up, cosying up, cuddling up, flannel, guyver, smoodging, glozing, lip salve, etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
criticism, etc.
Quotation:
The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual’s greed for power and the electorates’ desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.
David Mamet
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