flattering speech or action
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blandishmentflattering speech or action.
blandishmentsA flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something
blandishmentA flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something
pausingInterrupt action or speech briefly
counteringRespond to hostile speech or action
counteredRespond to hostile speech or action
hobblingProceed haltingly in action or speech
hobbledProceed haltingly in action or speech
emphaticstrongly expressive in speech or action
hobblesProceed haltingly in action or speech
palteredEquivocate or prevaricate in action or speech
extravaganceExcessive elaborateness of style, speech, or action
blasphemyirreverent speech or action concerning sacred things
palteringEquivocate or prevaricate in action or speech
extravagantExcessively elaborate in style, speech, or action
extravagancesExcessive elaborateness of style, speech, or action
verbpart of speech expressing action, state, or occurrence
unisonsSimultaneous performance of action or utterance of speech
verbspart of speech expressing action, state, or occurrence
cues(esp. on stage) something that signals speech or action
cue(esp. on stage) something that signals speech or action
plungingEmbark impetuously on a speech or course of action
indirectionIndirectness or lack of straightforwardness in action, speech, or progression
courtesiesA polite speech or action, esp. one required by convention
provocationsAction or speech held to be likely to prompt physical retaliation
provocationsAction or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, esp. deliberately
disloyal(of an action, speech, or thought) Demonstrating a lack of loyalty
blandishmentsomething, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc.
quotationThe action of quoting from a text, speech, piece of music, or work of art
quotationsThe action of quoting from a text, speech, piece of music, or work of art
byplayaction or speech carried on to the side while the main action proceeds, esp. on the stage
makescarry out (an action indicated or implied by the object) make war make a speech make a detour
metaphorsA figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable