ENDEARING (TO) Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

endearing (to)

verb

Definition of endearing (to)

present participle of endear (to)

as in ingratiating

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Many subscribers to the old model had become attached to its warm, enthusiastically agreeable tone and complained at the loss of their ingratiating robotic companion.

— Cody Turner, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
But the meetings were also about Döpfner ingratiating himself to the right-of-center political leaders that make up some of the UK broadsheet’s audience (and source base).

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of ingratiating

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Those are millions of hours physicians can spend explaining a cancer diagnosis, comforting anxious families, and helping patients make life-changing decisions.

— Robert Reiss, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Following the loss, the royal account shared a post congratulating the team on their impressive run, with a photo of team captain Harry Kane comforting star midfielder Jude Bellingham.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Definition of comforting

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There’s been potential discrepancies and a few ballots the machines have declined, but the board has unanimously voted to just make duplicates of those ballots with the same result, appeasing the tabulators.

— Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026
Tauruses usually follow the rules and do what is suggested to thrive and prosper because appeasing others is easier than arguing.

— Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

Definition of appeasing

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Embolo left the pitch appearing to cry, as teammates and coaches tried consoling him.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
The hopeful part of this docu comes from its revelations about other methods, more environmentally friendly and actually consoling for those left behind.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 July 2026

Definition of consoling

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Yet the franchise, for all its mayhem, didn’t run on belligerence, or at least channelled its aggression in a disarming way.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
An early career launched without shortcuts, with small roles in TV series and B movies until his major success as the star of the series ER, formed an actor who is able to inhabit the screen with disarming spontaneity.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 July 2026

Definition of disarming

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The first thing that hits you at Azuma Farm Koiwai is the fresh, calming smell of hinoki wood, which is layered on the lofty ceilings around the resort, and decorates the handful of quaint cabins that are dotted across its grounds.

— Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 16 July 2026
Visitors can take in the calming sight from land, or hop on a bamboo raft and see it from the river below.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 16 July 2026

Definition of calming

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That transformed the industry by giving it a clear American base — and by pacifying agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission that had been, under Biden, openly hostile.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Rather than unifying and pacifying a populace, this kind of media encouraged idiosyncratic, extreme views.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025

Definition of pacifying

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