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Synonyms for buttonhole:


noun flower arrangement

garland
pot
vase
wreath
boutonniere
corsage
festoon
lei
nosegay
posy
spray

verb approach for conversation or solicitation

annoy
confront
address
bother
brace
call
challenge
cross
dare
entice
face
flag
greet
hail
proposition
salute
welcome

verb bother

beleaguer
harass
hound
pester
plague
badger
bug
harry
importune
nag
trouble

verb hold, keep back; arrest

apprehend
confine
delay
jail
bust
check
constrain
decelerate
hinder
ice
impede
inhibit
intern
mire
nab
pinch
reserve
restrain
retard
withhold
run-in

verb give a long lecture

accost
address
apostrophize
declaim
exhort
orate
perorate
rant
rave
soapbox
spiel
spout
stump

verb pressure, trouble

assail
demand
force
petition
push
squeeze
sue
urge
worry
afflict
beg
beset
besiege
compel
constrain
depress
disquiet
enjoin
entreat
exhort
harass
implore
importune
oppress
plague
plead
pressurize
railroad
sadden
sell
supplicate
torment
vex

Examples of uses:

If it was only me I would still wear a buttonhole.
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You always used to wear a flower in your buttonhole.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
If he keeps it up, he'll have a decoration for his buttonhole this evening.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
And don't forget to put a flower into the buttonhole.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Oh, sir, for your buttonhole, what about a carnation or a rose?
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Marion, did you know Cliff wore a flower in his buttonhole? He gave it up.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Our friends in Belgrade don't wear a carnation in the buttonhole, but a lump of human brain.
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I never have an appetite unless I have a buttonhole.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
I'm gonna put this paper clip through the buttonhole and then through the thread that used to hold the button, and then you're gonna put your jacket back on and there you go.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Flower for your buttonhole, sir. Flower for your buttonhole, sir.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf

Antonyms for buttonhole:

aid