Synonyms of endearing

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adjective

in-ˈdir-iŋ 

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as in adorable

having qualities that tend to make one loved

you have to wonder about people who don't find kittens and puppies endearing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adorable
• dear
• sweet
• lovable
• beautiful
• loved
• precious
• lovely
• charming
• loveable
• darling
• enchanting
• attractive
• winning
• winsome
• disarming
• beloved
• delightful
• cherished
• appealing
• desirable
• likeable
• fascinating
• admirable
• lovesome
• alluring
• likable
• cheerful
• favorite
• treasured
• engaging
• entrancing
• pleasant
• embraceable
• favored
• kind
• pleasing
• kissable
• captivating
• gracious
• affable
• friendly
• nice
• good-natured
• agreeable
• reputable
• cordial
• genial
• respectable
• fetching
• good-tempered
• well-disposed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• odious
• loathsome
• detestable
• unpleasant
• hateful
• abominable
• offensive
• abhorrent
• horrible
• disagreeable
• disgusting
• distasteful
• wretched
• grotesque
• contemptible
• unlovable
• repulsive
• unloved
• heinous
• repugnant
• ugly
• nasty
• hideous
• lousy
• monstrous
• frightful
• unattractive
• awful
• repellent
• unlikable
• vile
• obnoxious
• appalling
• shocking
• dreadful
• unsightly
• obscene
• scandalous
• revolting
• sickening
• horrid
• foul
• horrendous
• repellant
• ogreish
• ill-favored
• nauseating
• noisome

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as in charming

likely or intended to win one's affection

his impish sense of humor is one of his more endearing traits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• charming
• adorable
• ingratiating
• affecting
• likeable
• winning
• loveable
• lovable
• likable
• insinuating
• winsome
• disarming
• touching
• poignant
• effusive
• deferential
• obsequious
• servile
• sycophantic
• flattering
• saccharine
• grovelling
• oleaginous
• sugary
• soapy
• adulatory
• unctuous
• groveling
• fulsome
• drooling
• slobbering
• kowtowing
• slavering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alienating
• repulsive
• displeasing
• repugnant
• unendearing
• arrogant
• uningratiating
• proud
• insolent
• haughty
• disaffecting
• disdainful
• scornful

endearing

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verb

present participle of endear

as in worshiping

to cause (someone) to be loved or admired by (someone or something)

They endeared themselves to the whole town.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worshiping
• massaging
• ingratiating
• commending
• complimenting
• coaxing
• congratulating
• stroking
• praising
• worshipping
• flattering
• fawning
• cajoling
• hero-worshiping
• wheedling
• sucking (up to)
• overpraising
• puffing
• applauding
• buttering up
• toadying
• kowtowing
• sweet-talking
• blandishing
• honeying
• belauding
• extolling
• idolizing
• eulogizing
• adulating
• hero-worshipping
• lauding
• wooing
• blarneying
• soft-soaping
• felicitating
• romancing
• gushing
• courting
• slavering
• slobbering
• drooling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disparaging
• belittling
• depreciating
• putting down
• decrying
• bad-mouthing

Examples of endearing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Their dreams were always endearing, and having money doesn’t particularly matter to me. —Sarah Garrod, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024

The whole thing is supposed to be endearing, demonstrating to viewers how AI can help forge human connection and facilitate creativity. —Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024

Colin and Penelope’s love story is much more endearing in book form than on Netflix — primarily because Quinn gives Colin real personality, wants, and desires, mostly around finding his purpose (Colin is actually a secret charmer in several of the books). —Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 19 July 2024

While shooting the eighth and final season of GoT in 2019, Whelan posted an endearing picture of herself breastfeeding her then-newborn daughter while in full Yara Greyjoy regalia. —Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024