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- Dictionaryingratiating/ɪnˈɡreɪʃɪeɪtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. intended to gain approval or favour; sycophantic: "an ingratiating manner"
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INGRATIATING definition: 1. Ingratiating behaviour is intended to make people like you: 2. Ingratiating behavior is…. Learn more.
1. : intended or adopted in order to gain favor : flattering. 2. : capable of winning favor : pleasing. an ingratiating smile. ingratiatingly. in-ˈgrā-shē-ˌā-tiŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. disarming. endearing. insinuating. winning. winsome. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of ingratiating in a Sentence.
INGRATIATE definition: 1. to make someone like you by praising or trying to please them: 2. to make someone like you by…. Learn more.
adjective. If you describe someone or their behaviour as ingratiating, you mean that they try to make people like them. [disapproval] He said this with an ingratiating smile. His fellow students had found him too ingratiating. Synonyms: sycophantic, servile, obsequious, crawling More Synonyms of ingratiating.
When you ingratiate yourself, you put yourself in someone’s good graces in order to gain their approval or favor. While the word ingratiate does not necessarily imply that your behavior is obsequious or otherwise improper, the word may be used disapprovingly by those who distrust your motives.
The word ingratiating comes from a combination of the Latin prefix in- meaning "in" and gratia meaning "favor, grace." A person who is ingratiating is trying to get in the favor or grace of those around her.
INGRATIATING meaning: 1. Ingratiating behaviour is intended to make people like you: 2. Ingratiating behavior is…. Learn more.
Definition of ingratiating adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To ingratiate is to make obvious efforts to gain someone's favor, in other words — to kiss up to someone. Ingratiate has not strayed much from its Latin roots, in gratiam, (in plus gratia meaning "favor") which means "in favor" or "for the favor of."
1. ingratiating - capable of winning favor; "with open arms and an ingratiating smile". pleasing - giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance". 2. ingratiating - calculated to please or gain favor; "a smooth ingratiating manner". insinuating, ingratiatory.
