The meaning of Ingratiates

Ingratiates – 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.

Ingratiates translation into English

Ingratiates: translate from English into Chinese

讨好, 迎合

Ingratiates: translate from English into Dutch

Ingratiaten

Ingratiates: translate from English into French

Ingrats

Ingratiates: translate from English into German

Schmeichelt sich ein, Sich einschmeicheln

Ingratiates: translate from English into Hindi

कृतघ्न

Ingratiates: translate from English into Italian

Ingrazia, Ingraziare

Ingratiates: translate from English into Korean

배부르다, 마음에 들게 하다

Ingratiates: translate from English into Russian

Заискивает, Снискать расположение, Стараться понравиться

Ingratiates: translate from English into Spanish

Congracia, 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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Ingratiates – 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

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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

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 Ingratiate

Ingratiates 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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