0 present participle of cajole --
1 to persuade someone to do something they might not want to do, by pleasant talk and (sometimes false) promises: --
They persuade sportsmen—sometimes kidding them, sometimes cajoling—that they will perform better if they fill their bodies with unspeakable chemicals.
There comes a time for integration, when cajoling and when persuasion are not enough.
There is only so much that can be done by cajoling, shouting and encouraging.
Whatever tactic is used—begging, cajoling, threatening—it is ineffective.
For individual citizens, there has been little more than encouragement, piecemeal energy efficiency grants or other forms of cajoling designed to inspire voluntary activity.
I hope that we shall hear less oratory, cajoling and lecturing and receive a little more assistance.
We believe that if cajoling and coaxing industry is not effective, we must be prepared to consider alternative methods.
That sometimes result in ceaseless cajoling of the tenant to get out.
