verb · transitive · rare

blandish

bland·ish

blandish · blandishes · blandished · blandishing

уговаривать

zureden

To persuade someone by using flatteryTo persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.

/ˈblændɪʃ/

» She blandished him out of his black mood.

Она вывела его из хмурого настроения.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.
zureden
угова́риватьugovárivatʹ
(transitive)To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up.
praise somewhat dishonestly

Examples

1 sentences

She blandished him out of his black mood.
ruОна вывела его из хмурого настроения.
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole:

Origin

From Middle English blaundishen (“to flatter; to fawn; to be enticing or persuasive; to be

From Middle English blaundishen (“to flatter; to fawn; to be enticing or persuasive; to be favourable; of the sea: to become calm”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman blaundishen, from blandiss-, the extended stem of Middle French blandir + Middle English -ishen (suffix forming verbs). Blandir is derived from Latin blandīrī (“to fawn, flatter; to delude”), from blandus (“fawning, flattering, smooth, suave; persuasive; alluring, enticing, seductive; agreeable, pleasant”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“erroneous, false; bad, evil”)) + -iō (suffix forming causative verbs from adjectives). The English word is analysable as bland + -ish; compare bland (“agreeable, pleasant, suave; mild, soothing”).

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