The meaning of Ingratiate

Ingratiate – definition

verb
Bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them.
Usage examples:
A sycophantic attempt to ingratiate herself with the local aristocracy
Synonims:
Curry favour with Find the favour of Cultivate Win over Get on the good side of Get in someone's good books Toady to Crawl to Grovel to Fawn over Be obsequious towards Kowtow to Bow and scrap

verb
To try to make yourself especially pleasant in order to get someone to like or approve of you, and often to influence someone to do something for you
Usage examples:
He tries to ingratiate himself with the boss by saying that all her ideas are brilliant.

Ingratiate translation into English

Ingratiate: translate from English into Chinese

迎合

Ingratiate: translate from English into Dutch

Ingratiatie

Ingratiate: translate from English into French

Ingrat

Ingratiate: translate from English into German

Einschmeicheln, Sich einschmeicheln

Ingratiate: translate from English into Hindi

अनुग्रहभाजन, अनुग्रहभाजन होना

Ingratiate: translate from English into Italian

Ingraziarsi, Ingraziare

Ingratiate: translate from English into Korean

화나게 하다, 마음에 들게 하다

Ingratiate: translate from English into Russian

Заискивать, Снискать расположение, Стараться понравиться

Ingratiate: translate from English into Spanish

Captar la simpatía de

Word origin

early 17th century: from Latin in gratiam ‘into favour’, on the pattern of obsolete Italian ingratiare, earlier form of ingraziare .

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Ingratiate – similar words

ingratiating

adjective
Intended to gain approval or favour; sycophantic.
Usage examples:
An ingratiating manner

verb
Bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them.
Usage examples:
A sycophantic attempt to ingratiate herself with the local aristocracy

All meanings and translations of Ingratiating

ingratiates

verb
Bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them.
Usage examples:
A sycophantic attempt to ingratiate herself with the local aristocracy

verb
To try to make yourself especially pleasant in order to get someone to like or approve of you, and often to influence someone to do something for you
Usage examples:
He tries to ingratiate himself with the boss by saying that all her ideas are brilliant.

All meanings and translations of Ingratiates

ingratiated

verb
Bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them.
Usage examples:
A sycophantic attempt to ingratiate herself with the local aristocracy

verb
Past simple and past participle of ingratiate
Usage examples:
He's always trying to ingratiate himself with his boss.

All meanings and translations of Ingratiated

Ingratiate synonims

cultivate

verb
Prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.
Usage examples:
The peasants who cultivated the land became its owners

verb
To prepare land and grow crops on it, or to grow a particular crop
Usage examples:
He cultivated soybeans on most of the land., we’re trying to help these kids cultivate an interest …

verb
To prepare land and grow crops on it, or to grow a particular crop
Usage examples:
Corn, or maize, is indigenous to mexico and has been cultivated there for some 6,000 years., she ha…

All meanings and translations of Cultivate

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