endear (to)

verb

Definition of endear (to)next
as in to ingratiate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endear (to)
  1. ingratiate
  2. content
  3. placate
  4. appease
  5. propitiate
  6. comfort
  7. console
  8. disarm
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  • The film slowly relates that the aspiring rapper and superfan ingratiated himself into the band’s circles, flying to New York multiple times as a teenager for the purpose.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Lee ingratiates himself by pretending to be interested in becoming a CO himself — attracted to the manliness and the glamor.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of ingratiate
Verb
  • Film head Dan Lin was ousted earlier Monday, on the heels of his lieutenant Doug Belgrad and content chief Bajaria, a 10-year veteran.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
  • CISOs must transition toward security architectures that evaluate intent, context and content natively on the device—at the exact point where the human interacts with the communication—without violating user privacy.
    — Firas Azmeh, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of content
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  • Too few sun loungers for the 116 rooms mean the charming pool staff are endlessly placating displaced and disgruntled sunbathers.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
  • As ever in this intensely political world, various forces had to align, and big names placated, before things could progress.
    — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of placate
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  • But the clean provenance and their New York highlife has never appeased Pooh partisans who think Fifth Avenue is much too far from the Hundred Acre Wood.
    — STEVE HENDRIX THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Salazar’s attempt to distance herself from the increasingly-unpopular president could potentially appease moderate and independent voters, but her TV ad also irritated Trump personally — as well as some of his hard-core MAGA supporters.
    — Michael Vasquez, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of appease
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  • Rulers on the Nile did not rely solely on their own human powers but worshipped and propitiated a natural world that was alive with gods.
    — Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The credulous faith that these superpowers will voluntarily settle for some form of peaceful coexistence, if only they are sufficiently propitiated with concessions, is naive and dangerous.
    — Michael Miklaucic, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of propitiate
Verb
  • Ana again became the younger sister being comforted by Jessica.
    — Norma Galeana, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The comments will likely comfort investors who have been looking to assess the longer-term demand outlook for ASML's lithography machines.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of comfort
Verb
  • The emotional whiplash took physical form as fans consoled one another, holding out their hands to help up friends and strangers who crumbled to the floor at the conclusion of the tribute.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Choice words from your son after a bad loss are one thing, but the head coach also had to console his young daughter after the game, who was crying as the Florida band sent the team off the field.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of console
Verb
  • Advertisement Then Netanyahu rejected the Board of Peace’s 15-point plan to advance a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and insisted that Israel would not withdraw before Hamas fully disarmed.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But little progress has been made towards implementing a deal to end the conflict that includes terms for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its troops.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of disarm
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