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ingratiating

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in·gra·ti·at·ing  (n-grsh-tng)
adj.
1. Pleasing; agreeable: "Reading requires an effort.... Print is not as ingratiating as television" (Robert MacNeil).
2. Calculated to please or win favor: an unctuous, ingratiating manner.
in·grati·ating·ly adv.
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Adj.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
flattering - showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color"
ingratiating
adjective sycophantic, servile, obsequious, crawling, humble, flattering, fawning, unctuous, toadying, bootlicking (informal), timeserving His fellow students had found him too ingratiating.
Translations
ingratiating [ɪnˈgreɪʃɪeɪtɪŋ] ADJ [smile, speech] → obsequioso; [person] → halagador, congraciador, zalamero
ingratiating [ɪnˈgreɪʃieɪtɪŋ] adj [smile, speech] → doucereux/euse; [person] → doucereux/euse
ingratiating
adj person, speech, manner → schmeichlerisch, schöntuerisch; smile → süßlich
ingratiating [ɪnˈgreɪʃɪˌeɪtɪŋ] adj (smile, speech) → suadente, accattivante; (person) → compiacente
ingratiating [ɪnˈgreɪʃɪˌeɪtɪŋ] adj (smile, speech) → suadente, accattivante; (person) → compiacente


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Although Prince Vasili listened reluctantly and not very politely to the elderly lady, even betraying some impatience, she gave him an ingratiating and appealing smile, and took his hand that he might not go away.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The open forehead, the curly locks, the pleasant smile, the hundred ingratiating ways which we carry with us out of childhood, they may all remain when the innocence has fled, but surely the laugh of the morning of life must go.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
In his guise of a French gentleman of leisure, Werper found little difficulty in deceiving his host and in ingratiating himself with both Tarzan and Jane Clayton; but the longer he remained the less hopeful he became of an easy accomplishment of his designs.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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