Synonyms of endearing

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adjective

in-ˈdir-iŋ 

1

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
• beautiful
• lovable
• loved
• precious
• lovely
• charming
• darling
• attractive
• enchanting
• winning
• winsome
• disarming
• delightful
• beloved
• cherished
• appealing
• desirable
• fascinating
• lovesome
• admirable
• alluring
• likable
• cheerful
• favorite
• treasured
• engaging
• pleasant
• embraceable
• favored
• kind
• kissable
• captivating
• pleasing
• entrancing
• gracious
• nice
• affable
• friendly
• 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
• 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
• winning
• lovable
• likable
• insinuating
• winsome
• disarming
• touching
• poignant
• effusive
• deferential
• obsequious
• servile
• sycophantic
• flattering
• saccharine
• 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 massaging

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

They endeared themselves to the whole town.

Related Words

• massaging
• ingratiating
• commending
• complimenting
• coaxing
• congratulating
• praising
• stroking
• worshipping
• flattering
• fawning
• cajoling
• wheedling
• sucking (up to)
• overpraising
• applauding
• puffing
• buttering up
• toadying
• kowtowing
• sweet-talking
• blandishing
• honeying
• belauding
• idolizing
• extolling
• 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

Sharon Raydor, played by Mary McDonnell, in charge of her team, an endearing, quirky crew of veteran detectives who show up en masse at every crime scene like Mystery Incorporated. — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

To show what such pairings can achieve, two WSA talks will spotlight some of contemporary European cinema’s most enduring and endearing director-composer duos. — Ben Croll, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Verb

Swan Song is not exactly endearing Spencer to his countrymen, who generally struggle to sympathize with an indiscreet Old Etonian with a fourth wife and a Northamptonshire-size chip on his shoulder. — Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026

What the story is actually about almost doesn’t matter — just enjoy the quiet luxury of it all, with the ever-endearing Fabrice Luchini in the lead doing yet another bumbling, bourgeois gentleman of a certain age. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026