endearing
adjective
en·dear·ing
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: arousing feelings of affection or admiration
an endearing habit/quality
… the character he plays … is one of the most endearing on television …—
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you have to wonder about people who don't find kittens and puppies endearing
his impish sense of humor is one of his more endearing traits
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That’s par for the course in a facility where all of the nurses are angels (Fisayo Akinade’s diabolically endearing Nurse Angel in particular), and nobody else seems to be sick.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
But their ambition is imbued with an endearing vulnerability.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Thousands of TikTok users have taken to the comments to praise her endearing antics and joke about their own blind cats, leading to more than 4,200 responses already.
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All the Amityville allusions are present (and very much intended), but as ever with Harrison, the entire project is elevated by her facility with character and endearing snark.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
But their ambition is imbued with an endearing vulnerability.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Thousands of TikTok users have taken to the comments to praise her endearing antics and joke about their own blind cats, leading to more than 4,200 responses already.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
All the Amityville allusions are present (and very much intended), but as ever with Harrison, the entire project is elevated by her facility with character and endearing snark.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for endearing
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“Endearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endearing. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.
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