
[Perhaps from Italian ingraziare, from in grazia, into favor, from Latin in grātiam : in, in; see in-2 + grātiam, accusative of grātia, favor (from grātus, pleasing).]
ingratiation in·gra'ti·a'tion n.The child glared at me so fiercely that I tried to ingratiate myself by asking who was her favourite composer—M. Dibdin, 1991.The non-reflexive use is not standard:
☒ He was going to pretend that his limp was cured, and that would ingratiate him with Matta, help him set his trap—R. Campbell, 1993
☒ Her first records with John Lennon didn't exactly ingratiate her to Beatle fans with their feedback-drenched, primal scream freak-outs—music reviews website, American English 2004 [Old English (up to 1150)C].(Better alternatives in these examples would be commend him to and endear her to.) Ingratiate occurs frequently in the adjectival form ingratiating:
He was a typical British Council smoothie, with a fatuous grin and an ingratiating manner—James Kirkup, 1991.
| ingrained, ingenious, ingenuous, infuse | |
| ingénue, inherent, inheritor |
Definition: get on the good side of someone
Antonyms: deter, disgust, repel
[Politicians] ...appeal to people’s prejudices and passions, they incite their expectations by making reckless promises, they endeavor to ingratiate themselves with the electorate in every possible way.
— Irving Kristol, U.S. editor, educator.
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indynde, indsmigre
Nederlands (Dutch)
bemind maken, dankbaar maken
Français (French)
v. tr. - s'insinuer dans les bonnes grâces de qn, se faire bien voir (de qn)
Deutsch (German)
v. - sich einschmeicheln
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γίνομαι αρεστός, κερδίζω την εύνοια ή την ευγνωμοσύνη
Português (Portuguese)
v. - agradar
Русский (Russian)
снискать расположение
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - congraciarse
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ställa sig in
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使迎合, 使讨好
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使迎合, 使討好
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 機嫌を取る, 取り入る
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يفوز بالحظوة عند شخص معين
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - התחנף, התרפס
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