0 to try to persuade someone to do something or give you something by praising them or being intentionally charming:
She's one of those children who can wheedle you into giving her anything she wants.
She wasn't invited, but somehow she managed to wheedle her way in.
I tried different approaches - I wheedled, threatened, demanded, cajoled.
1 to try to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by using your charm and by repeatedly asking in a way that would make refusal embarrassing:
[ T always + adv/prep ] He wasn’t going to tell me but I wheedled it out of him.
