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Synonyms for ingratiation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-grey-shee-eyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈgreɪ ʃiˌeɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for ingratiation
- a line
- bootlicking
- encomium
- eulogy
- exaggeration
- eyewash
- fawning
- flattering
- flummery
- fulsomeness
- gallantry
- gratification
- hokum
- honey
- honeyed words
- incense
- ingratiation
- inveiglement
- jive
- laud
- mush
- obsequiousness
- oil
- overpraise
- palaver
- plaudits
- pretty speech
- puffery
- servility
- smoke
- snow
- snow job
- soft soap
- soft words
- soft-soap
- stroke
- sweet talk
- sycophancy
- toadyism
- tribute
- truckling
- unctuousness
- wheedling
Définition of ingratiation
Origin :- 1620s, possibly via 16c. Italian ingraziarsi "to bring (oneself) into favor," from Latin in gratiam "for the favor of," from in "in" (see in- (2)) + gratia "favor, grace" (see grace).
- As in blarney : noun flattery
- As in flattery : noun false praise, compliments
- He could not resist her beauty, her warmth, her ingratiation.
- Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
- “Then I shall have to call another time,” said the woman, with a mixture of ingratiation and despair.
- Extract from : « The Debtor » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- A hansom cab offers peculiar facilities for the aforesaid process of ingratiation.
- Extract from : « The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne » by William J. Locke
- He had prepared himself to be ingratiating; but he realized that ingratiation was not a successful line to pursue with dragons.
- Extract from : « The Heather-Moon » by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
- The qualities of ingratiation and friendliness departed from M. Garfunkel's smile, leaving it wholly apologetic.
- Extract from : « Potash & Perlmutter » by Montague Glass
- It was as if she were amused, not absent-minded nor yet a prey to the feminine immorality of ingratiation.
- Extract from : « Romance Island » by Zona Gale
Antonyms for ingratiation
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