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blandander

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To flatter or cajole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, dated

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: butter up, sweet-talk, brush up to, collogue, flatter, flatterize, glaver, gloze, jolly, lay it on thick, make fair weather, palaver, preen, puff, soothe, speak well of, stroke, tickle the ear, blandander, blandish, cajole, fast-talk, canoodle, carny, coax, croodle, engle, fleech, honey around, honey up, hum, ingle, inveigle, soap, soft-sawder, soft-soap, tweedle, twist, wheedle, whilly, word

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Probably an altered from of blandish, possibly blending with philander. Compare blarney.