Synonyms of endearing

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adjective

in-ˈdir-iŋ 

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as in adorable

having qualities that tend to make one loved

you have to wonder about people who don't find kittens and puppies endearing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adorable
• dear
• sweet
• lovable
• beautiful
• loved
• precious
• lovely
• charming
• loveable
• darling
• enchanting
• attractive
• winning
• winsome
• disarming
• beloved
• delightful
• cherished
• appealing
• desirable
• likeable
• fascinating
• admirable
• lovesome
• alluring
• likable
• cheerful
• favorite
• treasured
• engaging
• entrancing
• pleasant
• embraceable
• favored
• kind
• pleasing
• kissable
• captivating
• gracious
• affable
• friendly
• nice
• good-natured
• agreeable
• reputable
• cordial
• genial
• respectable
• fetching
• good-tempered
• well-disposed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• odious
• loathsome
• detestable
• unpleasant
• hateful
• abominable
• offensive
• abhorrent
• horrible
• disagreeable
• disgusting
• distasteful
• wretched
• grotesque
• contemptible
• unlovable
• repulsive
• unloved
• heinous
• repugnant
• ugly
• nasty
• hideous
• lousy
• monstrous
• frightful
• unattractive
• awful
• repellent
• unlikable
• vile
• obnoxious
• appalling
• shocking
• dreadful
• unsightly
• obscene
• scandalous
• revolting
• sickening
• horrid
• foul
• horrendous
• repellant
• ogreish
• ill-favored
• nauseating
• noisome

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as in charming

likely or intended to win one's affection

his impish sense of humor is one of his more endearing traits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• charming
• adorable
• ingratiating
• affecting
• likeable
• winning
• loveable
• lovable
• likable
• insinuating
• winsome
• disarming
• touching
• poignant
• effusive
• deferential
• obsequious
• servile
• sycophantic
• flattering
• saccharine
• grovelling
• oleaginous
• sugary
• soapy
• adulatory
• unctuous
• groveling
• fulsome
• drooling
• slobbering
• kowtowing
• slavering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alienating
• repulsive
• displeasing
• repugnant
• unendearing
• arrogant
• uningratiating
• proud
• insolent
• haughty
• disaffecting
• disdainful
• scornful

endearing

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verb

present participle of endear

as in worshiping

to cause (someone) to be loved or admired by (someone or something)

They endeared themselves to the whole town.

Related Words

• worshiping
• massaging
• ingratiating
• commending
• complimenting
• coaxing
• congratulating
• stroking
• praising
• worshipping
• flattering
• fawning
• cajoling
• hero-worshiping
• wheedling
• sucking (up to)
• overpraising
• puffing
• applauding
• buttering up
• toadying
• kowtowing
• sweet-talking
• blandishing
• honeying
• belauding
• extolling
• idolizing
• eulogizing
• adulating
• hero-worshipping
• lauding
• wooing
• blarneying
• soft-soaping
• felicitating
• romancing
• gushing
• courting
• slavering
• slobbering
• drooling

Dissimilar Words

• disparaging
• belittling
• depreciating
• putting down
• decrying
• bad-mouthing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of endearing

Adjective

With a mop of Disney Channel-worthy hair, Thames is endearing as a kid just trying to make his dad proud. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 June 2025

His character, Deputy Cletus Hogg, was a comedic and endearing fixture of The Dukes of Hazzard, remembered for his hapless attempts to catch Bo and Luke Duke and for the show's signature car chases and stunts. —Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025

Verb

There’s solid physical comedy, clever quips, and endearing family bonding — and Meester isn’t the only actor capable of delivering them. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025

Not a grown adult who will challenge them and hold them to account, but a subservient voice that will give them compliments and find their faults endearing. —Nic Juarez, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025