endearing
adjective
en·dear·ing
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: arousing feelings of affection or admiration
an endearing habit/quality
… the character he plays … is one of the most endearing on television …—
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you have to wonder about people who don't find kittens and puppies endearing
his impish sense of humor is one of his more endearing traits
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Henry Winkler is a central and endearing figure in the doc.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Babylon Year: 2022 Running time: 3 hours 9 minutes
Director: Damien Chazelle
Sprawling, messy, ambitious, and absurd, Damien Chazelle’s three-hour-nine-minute ode to the beginnings of the Golden Age of Hollywood is too grand in its aims not to be endearing.
—Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Order fast, though — something this cutesy and endearing won’t last long.
—Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
In surprising and endearing ways, Filip pays tribute to his father and a life quietly, though nobly, lived.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
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Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Babylon Year: 2022 Running time: 3 hours 9 minutes
Director: Damien Chazelle
Sprawling, messy, ambitious, and absurd, Damien Chazelle’s three-hour-nine-minute ode to the beginnings of the Golden Age of Hollywood is too grand in its aims not to be endearing.
—Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Order fast, though — something this cutesy and endearing won’t last long.
—Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
In surprising and endearing ways, Filip pays tribute to his father and a life quietly, though nobly, lived.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Endearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endearing. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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