Antonyms for pander

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pan-der

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæn dər

Definition of pander

Origin : "arranger of sexual liaisons, one who supplies another with the means of gratifying lust," 1520s, "procurer, pimp," from Middle English Pandare (late 14c.), used by Chaucer ("Troylus and Cryseyde"), who borrowed it from Boccaccio (who had it in Italian form Pandaro in "Filostrato") as name of the prince (Greek Pandaros), who procured the love of Cressida (his niece in Chaucer, his cousin in Boccaccio) for Troilus. The story and the name are medieval inventions. Spelling influenced by agent suffix -er.

verb cater to, indulge

Example sentences :

But, sir, surely you would not pander to a scoundrelly taste?
Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow

But we for our part shall not pander either to the force-worshippers or to the masses.
Extract from : « The New Society » by Walther Rathenau

Does he not pander to my every fancy, and procure me whatever I momentarily desire?
Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn

The world,” said Sara, “in the long run, despises those who pander to it.
Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes

But art should not seek to pander to our ignorance; art should represent only truths.
Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton

You must find, then, what pleases it, and pander to its tastes.
Extract from : « Tomlinsoniana » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

And she would take his words of the spirit and make them to pander to her own carnality.
Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

We shall have something to settle together presently, Mr. Pander!
Extract from : « Love and Intrigue » by Friedrich Schiller

What have I to do with one so easy, what with such a pander of a husband?
Extract from : « The Amores, or Amours » by Ovid

Did he pander to the barbarian view of the worthlessness of life?
Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll

Synonyms for pander

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