blarney | Definition of blarney

blarney

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of blarney

1 to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery

attendants at the nursing home sometimes have to blarney the patients to take their medicine

Synonyms of blarney

blandish, cajole, coax, palaver, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle

Words Related to blarney

adulate, flatter, overpraise

butter up, charm, massage, woo

beg, beseech, importune, urge

beguile, cozen, finagle, juggle, wangle, wile

entice, lure, seduce, tempt

Near Antonyms of blarney

bug, harass, nag, pester, tease

browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, intimidate

coerce, compel, constrain, demand, force, make, oblige, require

2 to praise too much

an eager, young assistant who blarneys the boss shamelessly

Synonyms of blarney

adulate, belaud, butter up, flatter, hero-worship, honey, massage, overpraise, puff, soft-soap, stroke

Words Related to blarney

blandish, cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle

fawn, kowtow, suck (up to), toady

idolize, worship

eulogize, extol (also extoll), laud, praise

applaud, commend, compliment

congratulate, felicitate

drool, gush, slaver, slobber

endear, ingratiate

court, romance, woo

Near Antonyms of blarney

bad-mouth, belittle, decry, depreciate, disparage, put down