v
(obsolete) To stimulate one's sexual appetite
n
Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
n
(slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
adj
(idiomatic) Self-congratulatory or self-aggrandizing.
adj
Alternative spelling of backstabby [(informal) characteristic of deceit and treachery]
n
The act or process of bamboozling or being bamboozled.
v
(transitive) To make or hold dear; endear.
v
(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
v
Obsolete form of beguile. [(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).]
v
Obsolete spelling of beguile [(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).]
v
(transitive, rare, archaic) To delude; deceive; beguile.
v
(transitive) To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up.
n
One who braves something.
v
(transitive) To deceive.
n
(idiomatic) A polite manner of speaking.
n
The act of one who coaxes.
v
(transitive) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
v
(transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To cajole or coax.
n
(archaic) Entertainment.
v
(transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
v
(archaic) third-person singular present simple form of entice
v
(obsolete or dialectal) To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
v
(US, slang, intransitive) To act like a farb; to portray a historical character in an inauthentic way.
v
(transitive) To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).
n
(by extension) Something that excites or stimulates.
v
To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
v
(reflexive) To have the false but pleasant belief that something is true.
v
To appear better than is actually the case.
v
(transitive) To blurt out.
n
(slang) An act of putting on a false façade to impress people.
v
(intransitive, dated) To write or utter pretentious statements.
v
(idiomatic, acting) To deliberately exaggerate one's emotions or movements, or to overact or act hammily.
n
A glib statement or explanation that glosses over important details.
n
(pragmatics) A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
v
(transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To deceive; to entice; to lure.
v
(reflexive) To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please him or her.
v
Obsolete form of inveigle. [(transitive) To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.]
v
(transitive) To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
n
Persistent persuasive talk.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To pay false compliments to; to flatter in excess.
v
(transitive) To entice with a leer or leers.
v
(transitive, psychology) To imbue with sexual urges or attraction.
n
(also figuratively) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
v
(transitive, intransitive) Used transitively when followed by it: to behave like a minx, that is, in a flirtatious and impudent manner.
v
(slang, now rare) To study intently; to pore over.
n
Hinting or influencing people's choices (according to nudge theory); softly controlling.
v
(transitive) To flatter.
n
(formal) A yielding or warping.
v
(transitive, dated) To flatter.
n
A person who convinces another to do something by means of sweet talk and flattery.
v
To try to gain favour with by flattery.
v
To strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious.
n
(slang) Synonym of busybody.
v
(transitive) To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
n
Alternative form of seducee [One who is seduced.]
v
(transitive) To excite sexually.
n
(espionage, slang) Any device used for covert surveillance.
n
(figuratively) Any instance of falsely claiming to be of a respected group to gain that respect.
n
The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.
v
Alternative spelling of tantalize [(transitive) to tease (someone) by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach]
v
(transitive) to tease (someone) by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach
adj
Obsolete spelling of tantalizing [Teasing; tempting, especially that which is beyond reach.]
v
(transitive) To entice, tempt.
n
(textile treatment) A person or thing that teases.
v
Dated spelling of tease.
n
A seducer, especially a man who seduces.
v
(transitive) To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
v
To stimulate or excite sensually
v
(archaic) To ensnare; to seduce, to trick.
n
Alternative spelling of troublemaker [One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.]
n
Alternative spelling of troublemaker [One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.]
v
(transitive, colloquial) To stimulate with a vibrator.
adj
Coaxing, aiming to persuade.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To flatter with words, to cajole.
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