INGRATIATING


Meaning of INGRATIATING in English

adjective

1. : capable of winning favor : pleasing

ingratiating smile

we are prone to respond to art works … in terms of their ingratiating effect — H.E.Clurman

2. : intended or adopted in order to gain favor : pleasantly persuasive : flattering

her manner is quiet and ingratiating and a little too agreeable — Gordon Bottomley

ingratiating manner … one does not think compatible with deep spiritual experience — W.B.Yeats

some of his superiors were even younger than he, but it's possible that they were also more ingratiating and discreet — L.M.Hughes

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.