ingratiating smile

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• ingratiating — adj. 1. capable of winning favor; as, with open arms and an ingratiating smile. [WordNet 1.5] 2. calculated to please or gain favor; as, an unctuous, ingratiating manner. Syn: ingratiatory. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ingratiating — [[t]ɪngre͟ɪʃieɪtɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone or their behaviour as ingratiating, you mean that they try to make people like them. He said this with an ingratiating smile at John... His fellow students had found him too …   English dictionary

• ingratiating — adjective 1. capable of winning favor with open arms and an ingratiating smile • Similar to: ↑pleasing 2. calculated to please or gain favor a smooth ingratiating manner • Syn: ↑insinuating, ↑ingratiatory …   Useful english dictionary

• ingratiating — adjective Date: 1655 1. capable of winning favor ; pleasing < an ingratiating smile > 2. intended or adopted in order to gain favor ; flattering • ingratiatingly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ingratiating — adjective Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another. The implication is often of flattery or insincerity. That was an ingratiating smile …   Wiktionary

• ingratiating — in|gra|ti|at|ing [ınˈgreıʃieıtıŋ] adj trying too hard to get someone s approval used to show disapproval ▪ an ingratiating smile >ingratiatingly adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ingratiating — adjective a forced and ingratiating smile Syn: sycophantic, toadying, fawning, unctuous, obsequious; flattering, insincere; smooth tongued, slick; greasy, oily, saccharine; informal smarmy, slimy …   Thesaurus of popular words

• ingratiating — in|gra|ti|at|ing [ ın greıʃi,eıtıŋ ] adjective done in an attempt to get someone s approval: an ingratiating nod/smile ╾ in|gra|ti|at|ing|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ingratiating — UK [ɪnˈɡreɪʃɪˌeɪtɪŋ] / US adjective showing disapproval done in an attempt to get someone s approval an ingratiating nod/smile Derived word: ingratiatingly adverb …   English dictionary

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