Ingratiate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈɡɹeɪ.ʃi.eɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ingratiate is a verb meaning (reflexive) To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them; to insinuate oneself; to worm one's way in.
Meaning
(reflexive) To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them; to insinuate oneself; to worm one's way in.
More Meanings
- (followed by to) To recommend; to render easy or agreeable.
Example Sentences
What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] not ingratiate to us?
[H]e would pat the children on the head when he saw them on the stairs, and ingratiate himself with them as far as he dared.
He ingratiated himself with the Kurdish bloc when he stood up to aggressive Turkish rhetoric about the Kurdish border in May.
Like many other executives in Silicon Valley, [Meta CEO Mark] Zuckerberg has recently been ingratiating himself with the Trump administration.
Word Forms
- ingratiates
- ingratiating
- ingratiated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include endear, flatter, good, aggrate, belike, blandish.
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