'Ingratiating' definitions:
Definition of 'ingratiating'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Capable of winning favor; "with open arms and an ingratiating smile"
adjective
Calculated to please or gain favor; "a smooth ingratiating manner" [syn: ingratiating, insinuating, ingratiatory]
Definition of 'Ingratiating'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Lysimachus . . . ingratiated himself both with Philip and his pupil. --Budgell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To recommend; to render easy or agreeable; -- followed by to. [Obs.] --Dr. J. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] not ingratiate to us? --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'ingratiating'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'ingratiating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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