What does ingratiating mean?

ingratiating means "capable of winning favor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ingratiating?

ingratiating has 5 syllables: in-gra-ti-a-ting. The stress falls on "gra". In IPA it is /ˌɪŋˈɡɹeɪʃiˌeɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for ingratiating?

Close synonyms include insinuating, ingratiatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ingratiating a common word?

ingratiating is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ingratiating?

20 words rhyme with ingratiating. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

ingratiating — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
capable of winning favor
“with open arms and an ingratiating smile”
Similarpleasing
2.
calculated to please or gain favor
“a smooth ingratiating manner”
Synonymsinsinuating ingratiatory
Similarflattering

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