Ingratiating

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ingratiate \In*gra"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingratiated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingratiating}.] [Pref. in- in + L. gratia.
     See {Grace}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring
        into favor; to insinuate; -- used reflexively, and


        followed by with before the person whose favor is sought.
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              Lysimachus . . . ingratiated himself both with
              Philip and his pupil.                 --Budgell.
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     2. To recommend; to render easy or agreeable; -- followed by
        to. [Obs.] --Dr. J. Scott.
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              What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] not
              ingratiate to us?                     --Hammond.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ingratiating \ingratiating\ adj.
     1. capable of winning favor; as, with open arms and an
        ingratiating smile.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. calculated to please or gain favor; as, an unctuous,
        ingratiating manner.
  
     Syn: ingratiatory.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ingratiating
       adj 1: capable of winning favor; "with open arms and an
              ingratiating smile"
       2: calculated to please or gain favor; "a smooth ingratiating
          manner" [syn: {ingratiatory}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "ingratiating":
     abject, adulatory, apple-polishing, backscratching, beggarly,
     bland, bootlicking, brown-nosing, buttery, cajoling, cowering,
     crawling, cringing, crouching, deferential, disarming, fair-spoken,
     fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, footlicking, fulsome, glib,
     groveling, hangdog, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, insinuating,
     insinuative, mealymouthed, obeisant, obsequious, oily,
     oily-tongued, on bended knee, parasitic, prostrate, saccharine,
     servile, silken, silky, slimy, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken,
     smooth-tongued, smug, sniveling, soapy, soft-spoken, sponging,
     suave, suave-spoken, sugary, sycophantic, timeserving, toadeating,
     toadying, toadyish, truckling, unctuous, wheedling