Endearing

Quick meaning: Endearing is an adjective meaning Inspiring affection or love, often in a childlike way.

Meaning

Inspiring affection or love, often in a childlike way.

More Meanings

1. Synonym of endearment.
2. present participle and gerund of endear.

Example Sentences

It was arms around, and perpetual endearings, and all that I had missed for a weary twelve-month.

But the humorous look of children is perhaps the most endearing of all the bonds that hold the Cosmos together.

Or what is conveyed to those unversed in railway matters by reports following a shed visit that "the frame of Claud Hamilton lay in the boneyard and had many endearing messages of farewell chalked on it"?

[…] I dare not call him father, nor he, without shame, own me as his issue, I being illegitimate, and therefore deprived of that endearing tenderness and unparalleled satisfaction which a good man finds in the love and conversation of a parent.

Word Forms

• endearings

Synonyms for endearing

Depending on context, synonyms include cute, endearment, lovely, adorable, lovable.

Antonyms for endearing

Common opposites include unendearing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adorable, lovable, lovely, pleasant, enjoyable, nice.

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