blandishing
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Definition of blandishing
2 senses · 2 parts of speech
adj
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Tending to charm and flatter; smooth and flattering, especially when disingenuous.
“There was one Rumsey, a creature of Shaftesbury's, a man of very blandishing manners, with a sly, foxy expression of countenance, likely to put a physiognomist on his guard.”
“Mrs. Spivens could be very blandishing and fascinating when people had money to spend; but a poor girl wanting father—there was something too prosaic in that common every-day occurrence to rouse even into momentary compassion the pinions of Mrs. Spiven's lofty soul.”
“There unquestionably are times in the life of every one, when either through a dislike of contemplating gloomy realities, or from an unwillingness to rack the mind by the investigation of abstract truth, or mazy science, a disposition is felt for resigning one's self to the enjoyment of those more blandishing scenes which the rainbow pencil of fancy is ever ready to paint.”
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adj
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Tending to charm and flatter; smooth and flattering, especially when disingenuous.
“There was one Rumsey, a creature of Shaftesbury's, a man of very blandishing manners, with a sly, foxy expression of countenance, likely to put a physiognomist on his guard.”
“Mrs. Spivens could be very blandishing and fascinating when people had money to spend; but a poor girl wanting father—there was something too prosaic in that common every-day occurrence to rouse even into momentary compassion the pinions of Mrs. Spiven's lofty soul.”
“There unquestionably are times in the life of every one, when either through a dislike of contemplating gloomy realities, or from an unwillingness to rack the mind by the investigation of abstract truth, or mazy science, a disposition is felt for resigning one's self to the enjoyment of those more blandishing scenes which the rainbow pencil of fancy is ever ready to paint.”
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of blandish
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Words you can make from blandishing
200+ playable · top: BANISHING (15 pts)
Best play banishing 15 points9-letter words
4 words8-letter words
14 words7-letter words
46 words- BALDISH 13 pts
- BASHING 13 pts
- GHIBLIS 13 pts
- DASHING 12 pts
- DISHING 12 pts
- HANDING 12 pts
- HIDINGS 12 pts
- HILDING 12 pts
- SHADING 12 pts
- SHINDIG 12 pts
- ABIDING 11 pts
- BALDING 11 pts
- BANDING 11 pts
- BINDING 11 pts
- BLADING 11 pts
- HAILING 11 pts
- LASHING 11 pts
- NILGHAI 11 pts
- SHINING 11 pts
- ABLINGS 10 pts
- BAILING 10 pts
- BALINGS 10 pts
- BIASING 10 pts
- SIBLING 10 pts
- AIBLINS 9 pts
- DIALING 9 pts
- DININGS 9 pts
- GLIADIN 9 pts
- LADINGS 9 pts
- LANDING 9 pts
- LIGANDS 9 pts
- SANDING 9 pts
- SIDLING 9 pts
- SIGANID 9 pts
- SLIDING 9 pts
- ALINING 8 pts
- INLANDS 8 pts
- LIGNANS 8 pts
- LIGNINS 8 pts
- LININGS 8 pts
- LINSANG 8 pts
- NAILING 8 pts
- NILGAIS 8 pts
- SAILING 8 pts
- SAINING 8 pts
- ANILINS 7 pts
6-letter words
54 words- BHANGS 12 pts
- GHIBLI 12 pts
- BANISH 11 pts
- HADING 11 pts
- HIDING 11 pts
- ASHING 10 pts
- BIDING 10 pts
- DANISH 10 pts
- HALIDS 10 pts
- HALING 10 pts
- LAIGHS 10 pts
- SANDHI 10 pts
- BALING 9 pts
- BANING 9 pts
- BASING 9 pts
- BINDIS 9 pts
- BLINDS 9 pts
- BLINGS 9 pts
- NIHILS 9 pts
- ABLINS 8 pts
- AIDING 8 pts
- ALIBIS 8 pts
- BIALIS 8 pts
- BLAINS 8 pts
- BLINIS 8 pts
- DINING 8 pts
- GLANDS 8 pts
- IDLING 8 pts
- INDIGN 8 pts
- LADING 8 pts
- LIGAND 8 pts
- NIDING 8 pts
- SIDING 8 pts
- AILING 7 pts
- ALGINS 7 pts
- ALIGNS 7 pts
- ILIADS 7 pts
- INLAID 7 pts
- INLAND 7 pts
- ISLAND 7 pts
- ISLING 7 pts
- LASING 7 pts
- LIANGS 7 pts
- LIGANS 7 pts
- LIGNAN 7 pts
- LIGNIN 7 pts
- LINGAS 7 pts
- LINING 7 pts
- NILGAI 7 pts
- SANING 7 pts
- SIALID 7 pts
- SIGNAL 7 pts
- ANILIN 6 pts
- LININS 6 pts
5-letter words
69 words- BHANG 11 pts
- BLAHS 10 pts
- SAHIB 10 pts
- AHING 9 pts
- DAHLS 9 pts
- DASHI 9 pts
- DHALS 9 pts
- GNASH 9 pts
- HALID 9 pts
- HANDS 9 pts
- HANGS 9 pts
- HINDS 9 pts
- LAIGH 9 pts
- NIGHS 9 pts
- SANGH 9 pts
- BALDS 8 pts
- BANDS 8 pts
- BANGS 8 pts
- BIDIS 8 pts
- BINDI 8 pts
- BINDS 8 pts
- BLAGS 8 pts
- BLAND 8 pts
- BLIND 8 pts
- BLING 8 pts
- HAILS 8 pts
- NIHIL 8 pts
- ALGID 7 pts
- ALIBI 7 pts
- BAILS 7 pts
- BANNS 7 pts
- BASIL 7 pts
- BASIN 7 pts
- BIALI 7 pts
- BINAL 7 pts
- BLAIN 7 pts
- BLINI 7 pts
- DANGS 7 pts
- DINGS 7 pts
- GADIS 7 pts
- GILDS 7 pts
- GLADS 7 pts
- GLAND 7 pts
- NABIS 7 pts
- SABIN 7 pts
- ALGIN 6 pts
- ALIGN 6 pts
- DIALS 6 pts
- GAINS 6 pts
- GLANS 6 pts
- GLIAS 6 pts
- ILIAD 6 pts
- LANDS 6 pts
- LIANG 6 pts
- LIGAN 6 pts
- LINGA 6 pts
- LINGS 6 pts
- NIDAL 6 pts
- SIGIL 6 pts
- SIGLA 6 pts
- SIGNA 6 pts
- SLANG 6 pts
- SLING 6 pts
- ANILS 5 pts
- LININ 5 pts
- LINNS 5 pts
- NAILS 5 pts
- SLAIN 5 pts
- SNAIL 5 pts
4-letter words
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